Pension beneficiaries in A.P. dropped by 3 lakh in two years, says LibTech report
“Around 89,000 such pensions were added during a special drive in July 2025. However, these transfers largely continued existing household entitlements rather than extending pension coverage to new beneficiaries,” he told The Hindu.Citing delays in implementing the government’s promise to provide pensions to eligible widows, Mr. Panditi said in April 2026, the Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty estimated that 1.53 lakh widows qualified for pensions, and the government announced that payments would begin in June.
- ▪“Around 89,000 such pensions were added during a special drive in July 2025.
- ▪However, these transfers largely continued existing household entitlements rather than extending pension coverage to new beneficiaries,” he told The Hindu.Citing delays in implementing the government’s promise to provide pensions to eligibl
- ▪Panditi said in April 2026, the Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty estimated that 1.53 lakh widows qualified for pensions, and the government announced that payments would begin in June.
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Andhra Pradesh’s social security pension rolls have declined by nearly three lakh beneficiaries over the past two years, even as enrolment under regular pension categories has remained closed, according to a report by public policy research organisation LibTech India.The report, A Shrinking Safety Net, says that the number of sanctioned pensions fell from 65.18 lakh in July 2024 to 62.20 lakh in July 2026, a decline of 2.99 lakh beneficiaries (4.6%). It states that no fresh pensions under regular categories have been sanctioned since January 2024, a freeze that began during the previous government and has continued under the present administration.“The main additions to the pension rolls during this period were spouse pensions transferred to widows following the death of pensioners,” said…
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