{"id":83722,"date":"2026-04-23T11:06:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T05:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=83722"},"modified":"2026-04-23T13:04:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T07:34:58","slug":"atal-pension-yojana-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/atal-pension-yojana-features\/","title":{"rendered":"Atal Pension Yojana"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Atal Pension Yojana Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Atal Pension Yojana (APY) has achieved a significant milestone by surpassing total gross enrollments of nine crore subscribers.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Atal Pension Yojana<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a flagship <\/span><b>social security scheme<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Government of India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>launched on May 9, 2015,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the vision of establishing a universal social security system for all Indians.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>voluntary, contributory pension scheme<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> primarily focused on the <\/span><b>poor, the underprivileged, and workers in the unorganized sector.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Features of Atal Pension Yojana<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It provides a <\/span><b>guaranteed monthly pension<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ranging from <\/span><b>\u20b91,000 to \u20b95,000 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for subscribers after <\/span><b>attaining 60 years of age.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The same pension <\/span><b>continues to the spouse<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> after the subscriber\u2019s demise.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The return of the corpus accumulated till the age of 60, to the <\/span><b>nominee after the death of both.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Age:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is open to <\/span><b>all Indian citizens between the age of 18 and 40 years<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, except those who are or have been income tax payers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Voluntary Exit:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Allowed, but the subscriber only receives the contribution made (with interest) and government co-contribution (if any) is forfeited.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is administered by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/pfrda\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (PFRDA).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2254487&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atal Pension Yojana is a flagship social security scheme of the Government of India. 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