Principal Secretary (Panchayat Raj & Rural Development) Sasi Bhushan Kumar, in a press release on April 28 (Sunday), said that the Andhra Pradesh government would pay pensions at the doorsteps of the differently-abled, those suffering serious ailments and the infirm, the bedridden and those confined to wheelchairs, the elderly widows of war veterans and pensioners, whose bank accounts are not mapped to their Aadhaar numbers, from May 1 to May 5.
These beneficiaries account for 25.30% of the total pensioners (16,57,361 of total 65,49,864). Necessary instructions have been issued to the district Collectors and banks.
For 74.70% of the pensioners (48,92,503 of 65,49,864), whose Aadhaar numbers have been mapped to the respective bank accounts confirmed by the National Payments Corporation of India, the payments would be made through Direct Benefit Transfer by using the Aadhaar-enabled Payment System (AePS) on May 1.
