There are 171689 Freedom Fighters who received a Central pension under the Swatantrata Sainik Samman Yojana (SSSY) till date, state-wise data is enclosed at Annexure-I.

There are 13212 pensioners who are still alive and receiving SSSY Samman pension. State-wise data is given at Annexure-II;

There are 9778 widows (spouse) who are still alive and are receiving SSSY Samman pension. State-wise data is given at Annexure-III.

The eligibility criteria for a family pension and for the dependents under this scheme is given at Annexure –IV.

The total funds allotted and disbursed for the scheme during the last five years is as under :

S.No.	Year	Budget allotted (in crore)	Fund Disbursed (in crore)
1	2020-21	Rs.760	660.14
2	2021-22	Rs.717	717
3	2022-23	Rs.650	599.29
4	2023-24	Rs.589	539.67
5	2024-25	Rs.600	599.29

However, State-wise disbursement of fund on account of Swatantrata Sainik Samman Yojana is not maintained by this Ministry.

Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR), New Delhi which is an autonomous body of M/o Human Resource Development, Govt. of India maintain the list of freedom fighters/martyrs of India freedom struggle under a project entitled “Dictionary of Martyrs : Indian Freedom Struggle (1857-1947)”.

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TOTAL NUMBER OF FREEDOM FIGHTERS WHO HAVE RECEIVED CENTRAL PENSION UNDER THE SWATANTRATA SAINIK SAMMAN YOJANA TILL DATE.

S.No.	Name of State/Union Territory	Number of freedom fighters/their eligible dependents who have been sanctioned pension
1	Andhra Pradesh	15286
2	Telangana	15286
3	Assam	4442
4	Bihar &	24905
5	Jharkhand	24905
6	Goa	1508
7	Gujrat	3599
8	Haryana	1692
9	Himachal Pradesh	633
10	Jammu & Kashmir	1807
11	Karnataka	10105
12	Kerala	3429
13	Madhya Pradesh &	3488
14	Chhattisgarh	3488
15	Maharashtra	17974
16	Manipur	63
17	Meghalaya	86
18	Mizoram	4
19	Nagaland	3
20	Odisha	4197
21	Punjab	7042
22	Rajasthan	814
23	Tamil Nadu	4147
24	Tripura	888
25	Uttar Pradesh &	18004
26	Uttrakhand	18004
27	West Bengal	22523
28	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	3
29	Chandigarh	91
30	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	83
31	Daman & Diu	33
32	NCT of Delhi	2048
33	Puducherry	320
34	Indian National Army (INA)	22472
	Total	171689

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TOTAL NUMBER OF PENSIONERS WHO ARE STILL ALIVE AND THEIR STATEWISE DISTRIBUTIONS.

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STATEWISE LIST OF TOTAL NUMBER OF WIDOWS/SPOUSE WHO ARE STILL ALIVE AND DRAWING PENSION UNDER SWATANTRATA SAINIK SAMMAN YOJANA.

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ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR GRANT OF PENSION TO FREEDOM FIGHTERS UNDER CENTRAL SWATANTRATA SAINIK SAMMAN PENSION SCHEME, 1980

i. A proclaimed offender;

ii. One on whom an award for arrest/head was announced, or

iii.One whose detention order was issued but not served.

7. To become eligible for pension an applicant has to submit documentary evidence duly verified by the State Govt. along with their recommendation as per the following details:-

IN CASE OF IMPRISONMENT:-

IN CASE OF UNDERGROUND SUFFERING:-

IN CASE OF INTERNMENT/EXTERNMENT:-

A person who, on account of participation in the freedom struggle, was interned in his home or externed from his district for a minimum period of 6 months is eligible subject to furnishing of order of internment or externment issued by the competent authority, from official records. In absence of the official records, Non-availability of Records Certificate (NARC) from the concerned authorities along with a certificate from

prominent freedom fighters who had themselves undergone suffering of imprisonment for two years or more.

IN CASE OF LOSS OF PROPERTY:-

A person whose property was confiscated or attached and sold due to participation in the freedom struggle is eligible subject to furnishing of orders of confiscation and sale of property, provided that the persons whose property was restored are not eligible for Samman Pension.

IN CASE OF PERMANENT INCAPACITATION:-

IN CASE OF LOSS OF GOVERNMENT JOB:-

A person who lost his Govt. job for participation in freedom struggle is eligible subject to furnishing of orders of dismissal or removal from service. However, persons who were reinstated in service before expiry of

two years from their dismissal or removal from service and were in receipt of benefits or pay and allowances are not eligible for pension.

IN CASE OF CANING/FLOGGING/WHIPPING:-

A person who was awarded the punishment of 10 strokes of caning/flogging/whipping due to his participation in freedom struggle is eligible subject to furnishing of copies of orders passed by the competent authority from official records.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR A FAMILY PENSION AND FOR THE DEPENDENTS UNDER THE SCHEMES

For the purpose of grant of Samman pension, family, after death of a freedom fighter pensioner, family pension is granted to his/her spouse and after death of the spouse their unmarried daughters (upto maximum of three such daughters), mother or father are granted dependent family pension.

This was stated by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Shri Bandi Sanjay Kumar in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.

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