Budget 2024: Govt may double minimum guaranteed amount under Atal Pension Yojana
India TV NewsBudget 2024: The government is considering a proposal to increase the minimum guaranteed amount under its popular social security initiative, Atal Pension Yojana. Proposals to make scheme more attractive As of June 20, there have been more than 66.2 million enrollments in the Atal Pension Yojana, with 12.2 million new accounts added in the financial year 2023-24 alone. Economically deprived people get help Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has previously underlined the success of the Atal Pension Yojana keeping in mind the poor and lower-middle class people. The benefit of minimum pension under Atal Pension Yojana would be guaranteed by the government in the sense that if the actual realized returns on the pension contributions are less than the assumed returns for minimum guaranteed pension, over the period of contribution, such shortfall shall be funded by the government.