Atal Pension Scheme

 Atal Pension Scheme: Get a lifetime pension, wife will also get a pension after death

Right now you will be doing business or job and you will be earning income as per your need.  But when you retire, that is, when you are old enough to work, you have to depend on your son and many of them are not even lucky and have to resort to old age home.  So this is a scheme that if you pay a little bit now, you will not have to rely on anyone after retirement.

 Atal Pension Scheme:

 Under the Atal Pension Scheme issued by the Central Government, anyone between the ages of 18 to 30 can fill up the form.  Under this scheme you can pay any installment from Rs. 5 to Rs. 210 per month and after 20 years you will get the benefit of this scheme in the form of pension.

 Benefit of this scheme:

 1) Under this scheme, if you pay an installment of Rs. 6 per month, you will get Rs. 1000 per month after 30 years and if you pay an installment of Rs. 210 per month, you will get Rs. 2000 per month after 20 years.

 2) Under this scheme, the person will get pension till he / she lives after 60 years.

3) If the applicant dies, the person whose name is written as the nominee while filling the form will also get pension till the nominee lives.

4) If the nominee also dies, his children will get a pension of Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2.50 lakh.

 Who can avail the benefits of this scheme?

 1) Anyone can avail the benefits of this scheme whether he is a laborer, a farmer, a businessman, a shopkeeper, a private employee or a government employee. All these people can avail the benefits of the Atal Pension Scheme.

 2) To participate in this scheme, you have to be between 18 years of age and 30 years of age.

 Where to fill Atal Pension Scheme form?

 Individuals wishing to avail of this scheme have to go to any nationalized bank or post office and fill up a very simple form.

 Millions took advantage of this scheme:

 The number of members involved in this scheme has also exceeded 2.5 crore.  As per the information, the number of members was 1.4 crore in 2016 which has increased to 2.4 crore in 2020-21.

 If there is any problem or need any information under this scheme, you can contact the helpline number 1800 110 02.