Haryana Government Gazette EXTRAORDINARY
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© Govt. of Haryana
No. 42-2025/Ext.] CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2025 (PHALGUNA 12, 1946 SAKA)
HARYANA GOVERNMENT
SOCIAL JUSTICE, EMPOWERMENT, WELFARE OF SCHEDULED CASTES AND BACKWARD CLASSES AND ANTYODAYA (SEWA) DEPARTMENT
Notification
The 3rd March, 2025
No. 40/11/2024-4SW.— In supersession of earlier notification No. 1921-SW (3)/92 dated 24.08.1992, notification No. 146-SW (4)-2004 dated 24.02.2004, notification No. 239-SW (4)-2017 dated 27.02.2017, notification No. 40/4/2023-4SW dated 19.04.2023 and notification No. 40/11/2024-4SW dated 05.12.2024, the following rules shall be called as "The Haryana Divyang Pension Rules, 2025" and shall be applicable throughout the State of Haryana and shall come into the operation with immediate effect:
1. Aim:
The objective of these rules is to extend social security to persons with disabilities (Divyangjan) who are unable to sustain themselves through their own means and require financial assistance.
The scheme shall be applicable to individuals diagnosed with any of the following disabilities as recognized under the Section 2(zc) of Rights of Person With Disability Act (RPwD), 2016:
i. Locomotor Disability
ii. Leprosy Cured
iii. Cerebral Palsy
iv. Muscular Dystrophy
v. Blindness
vi. Low Vision
vii. Hearing Impairment
viii. Speech and Language Disability
ix. Intellectual Disability
x. Specific Learning Disability
xi. Autism Spectrum Disorder
(439)440 HARYANA GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA.), MAR. 3, 2025 (PHGN. 12, 1946 SAKA) xii. Mental Illness
xiii. Chronic Neurological Conditions
xiv. Multiple Sclerosis
xv. Parkinson's Disease
xvi. Sickle Cell Disease
xvii. Multiple Disabilities
xviii. Haemophilia
xix. Thalassemia
xx. Acid Attack Victims
xxi. Dwarf
Note : Independent schemes notified via Notification No.333/SW(4)-2019, dated 26/02/2019, Notification
No.411-SW(4)2019, dated 08/03/2019 and Notification No.1322/SW(4)-2007, dated 31/10/2007 are in operation for
Acid Attack Victims and Dwarves, respectively.
2. Eligibility: A person will be eligible under this scheme if:
A. He/she is in the age group of 18 years and above.
B. He/she is a domicile of Haryana State and has been residing in Haryana State for three years at the time of submission of application;
C. His/her close relative such as parents, son, son's sons are not supporting him and his /her own annual income from all sources is not more than minimum wages of unskilled labour as notified by Labour Department and circulated by department on year to year basis.
D. For Patients with Haemophilia, Thalassemia, and Sickle Cell Anemia: No age limit shall apply and the applicant's own annual income from all sources should not exceed ₹3.00 lakh)
E. For the purpose of assessment of percentage of disability (s), the notifications of Health Department, Government of Haryana, bearing No. 28/195-82-5HB-I dated 21st March, 1989, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India, Bearing No. 16- 18/97-NI.1 dated 1st June, 2001, No. 16-18/97-NI.1 dated 18th February, 2002, No. 16-18/2013-DD-III dated 25th April, 2016 and/or as amended time to time shall be followed.
F. In case of following disabilities, the eligibility will be determined as per the disability certificate issued by the Health Department, Government of Haryana.
(i) Haemophilia
(ii) Thalassemia
The concerned Civil Surgeon will verify the certificate of the beneficiary, in case of Thalassemia, every year whether he/she has been cured or not. If, after verification it is found that the beneficiary has been cured then the financial assistance will be stopped, immediately.
Note: In case of Haemophilia, Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Anemia, the Financial Assistance provided under this scheme will be in addition to the benefit being availed under any other Social Security Pension scheme by the applicant.
3. Procedure for Sanctioning of Divyang Pension:
The following procedure for sanctioning of pension shall be followed:
a. The Social Justice, Empowerment, Welfare of SCs & BCs and Antyodaya (SEWA) Department shall provide the upgraded list of existing beneficiaries electronically through secure data transfer process to HPPA by 10th of every month.
b. Haryana Parivar Pehchan Authority shall provide in an electronic form through a secure data transfer process, the list of the persons, who as per data maintained & verified by Haryana Parivar Pehchan Authority are eligible for benefit under this Scheme, along with their details, by 15th of every month.
HARYANA GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA.), MAR. 3, 2025 (PHGN. 12, 1946 SAKA) 441c. The details as provided by the HPPA, regarding the eligibility of the person, including age, divyang status, income status, bonafide residence and bank account details, will not require any further verification by Social Justice, Empowerment, Welfare of SCs & BCs and Antyodaya (SEWA) Department, Haryana. However, if any specific fact otherwise comes to the knowledge of the Department regarding correctness of the information/verification, the same will be forwarded by SEWA Department to the Haryana Parivar Pehchan Authority through the Application Programming Interface (API) for further inquiry or/and into the verification.
d. After determination of the eligibility of the person under the scheme, the intended beneficiary will be contacted by the concerned District Social Welfare Officer or any other authorized Government representative, for obtaining his/her consent for availing the Financial Assistance under this Scheme. DSWOs will complete the consent process by the last date of the month in which the data has been pushed. The Beneficiary/Pension ID will be issued by the Department of SEWA by 7th of the next month.
e. If any specific fact comes to the knowledge of the DSWO regarding correctness of the information regarding eligibility of the individual, the same will be verified by the DSWO and will be forwarded to the Haryana Parivar Pehchan Authority through the Application Programming Interface (API) for further inquiry or/and into the verification. Pension ID shall not be generated/benefit will be withheld, as the case may be, for such cases.
f. Beneficiaries, whose Pension ID is generated, their bank account data shall be sent automatically to PFMS (Public Financial Management System) for validation on a daily basis through API.
g. Payments to new beneficiaries, whose accounts are validated by PFMS, shall commence from the same month in which the PFMS is validated. This payment is pushed through the Pension Portal to PFMS via API, which then disburse it to the beneficiaries.
4. Mode of Payment:
A. The Financial Assistance will be disbursed through Public Finance Management System (PFMS).
B. If a person is detected of having more than one bank account under the PFMS, all his bank accounts will be terminated. He would become ineligible to receive benefits under any Social Security Scheme of the State in future.
5. Quantum of Financial Assistance: The rate of benefit under the scheme shall be Rs. 3000/- per month, or as revised by the Government from time to time.
6. Stoppage of Pension:
A. Pension shall be sanctioned for entire life of the beneficiary. However, the District Social Welfare Officer shall have the right to stop payment of pension, if at any stage it is found that it was sanctioned on a mistaken ground or false information or the condition for which the allowance was granted no longer exist.
B. Pension shall cease to be payable on death of the beneficiary. However, the amount of the pension will be paid for full month, in which death of the beneficiary occurs (any date of the month) to the nominee.
C. Pension shall cease to be payable when the beneficiary's annual income from all sources exceeds the amount of minimum wages of unskilled labour as notified by the Labour Department and circulated by department on year to year basis, and in case of disability due to Haemophilia, Thalassemia and Sickle Cell, when the beneficiary's annual income from all sources exceeds the amount of Rs. 3.00 Lac.
D. Pension shall be discontinued forthwith in respect of beneficiaries against whom any FIR has been registered under any one or more of such sections viz. Dowry death, 304-B IPC, 376 IPC, 376/511 IPC, sexual harassment 354-A IPC, Disrobing 354-B IPC, Stalking 354-D IPC, Eve-teasing 509 IPC, Acid Attack 326-A/326-B IPC, Trafficking of woman 370-A IPC or any section of the POCSO Act, 2012.Subsequently, after the completion of trial, if such a person is acquitted, the beneficiary shall be at liberty to submit the written request for sanction of the fresh pension under these rules.
E. Pension under these rules shall not be liable to be attachment under any court of law.
7. Recovery of Wrong Benefit and Liability of Criminal Prosecution:
A. The District Social Welfare Officer (DSWO) has the right to withhold the benefit if it is discovered that the benefit was obtained on false grounds or incorrect information. In such cases, the amount paid will be recovered as arrears of land revenue with @12% interest per annum.
442 HARYANA GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA.), MAR. 3, 2025 (PHGN. 12, 1946 SAKA)B. The beneficiary is required to inform the DSWO of any changes in the conditions (such as age, income or bonafide status) under which the benefit was granted. Failure to do so will result in the recovery of the benefit along with interest at 12% per annum.
8. If a payment fails for any reason in two consecutive installments and is bounced back by PFMS, no further payments shall be made.
9. The pensions which have failed for two consecutive installments or more shall be enquired into by the concerned District Social Welfare Officer who will take necessary action in this regard.
10. The Director, Social Justice, Empowerment, Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes and Antyodaya (SEWA) Department shall be over all in charge of the "Haryana Handicapped Persons Pension Scheme, Rules 2025" and necessary instructions in regard to its proper enforcement and accounting procedure may be issued by him from time to time.
11. The whole expenditure under these rules including any other expenditure on disbursement of financial assistance shall be debitable to the head "P-01-16-2235-60-102-95-51-N-V-Pension to Differently Person"
DR. G. ANUPAMA, Additional Chief Secretary to Government Haryana, Social Justice, Empowerment, Welfare of Scheduled Castes & Chandigarh: The 24th February, 2025. Backward Classes and Antyodaya (SEWA) Department.
11680—C.S.—H.G.P., Pkl.