Overview

• Officials say 5.55 lakh of 7.95 lakh certificates have been rechecked through home visits and assessments at 125 medical centers over nine months, with notices issued to those found ineligible.
• Around 80,000 ineligible or fake beneficiaries have been identified through the exercise, according to the minister.
• Roughly 20,000 people initially ruled ineligible for disability pensions are being shifted to other social-security schemes such as old-age and widow pensions starting this month.
• The government has raised the monthly disability pension to ₹6,000 from ₹3,000, with ₹15,000 available for those with complete disability.
• Temporary disability certificates issued before 2016 will continue to qualify for support if the assessed disability exceeds 40%, following the chief minister’s directive.