Mukhyamantri Avivahita Pension Yojana

What is Mukhyamantri Avivahita Pension Yojana?

Mukhyamantri Avivahita Pension Yojana is a Madhya Pradesh social security pension for unmarried women. According to the state's social security pension portal at socialsecurity.mp.gov.in, the scheme was introduced in 2018 and is administered by the Social Justice and Divyangjan Welfare Department.

The scheme fills a specific gap. Madhya Pradesh already ran pensions for widows, for the elderly and for persons with disabilities, but a woman who never married and who ages without a spouse's income or a family pension fell between them. The Avivahita pension recognises that category in its own right and pays a guaranteed monthly amount from the age of 50, a decade earlier than the old-age pension threshold of 60.

Core facts

• Rs 600 per month, as stated on the department's scheme page.
• Minimum age 50 years, with no upper limit.
• Applicant must be unmarried and a native resident of Madhya Pradesh.
• Paid by Direct Benefit Transfer to the beneficiary's own bank account.
• Decision deadline: 15 working days under the Public Service Guarantee Act,

Locally the scheme is searched for as the avivahita mahila pension, and it runs on the same Samagra-linked platform as the state's other pensions.

Who is eligible for Mukhyamantri Avivahita Pension Yojana?

You can be considered if:

• You are a woman who has never married.
• You are 50 years of age or above.
• You are a native resident of Madhya Pradesh.
• You are not an income tax payer.
• You are not employed by the state or central government or by any government institution.
• You draw no honorarium from a government or private office.
• You are not receiving a family pension.
• You are registered on the Samagra portal.

You are not eligible and cannot apply if:

• You are married, widowed, divorced or separated. This scheme is confined to unmarried women; the state's Kalyani and Indira Gandhi widow pensions cover widows separately.
• You are under 50 years of age.
• You pay income tax.
• You are a government employee or work in a government-funded institution.
• You receive an honorarium from a government or private office.
• You already draw a family pension.
• You have no Samagra registration, this must be completed before the application can be processed.

The exclusions are worth reading closely, because three of them, the honorarium condition, the family pension condition and the government-institution condition, are what trip up applicants who otherwise fit the age and marital criteria exactly. An anganwadi or similar honorarium-based engagement falls within the honorarium exclusion as the portal words it.

How much does the pension pay and how does the money arrive?

Mukhyamantri Avivahita Pension Yojana pays Rs 600 per month, which is Rs 7,200 over a year. The rate is flat. There is no slab by age, no separate urban and rural rate, and no lump sum on sanction.

The money moves by Direct Benefit Transfer into the beneficiary's own bank account. Three account conditions decide whether a sanctioned pension actually reaches her: the account must be in her own name, it must be live rather than dormant, and it must be seeded with Aadhaar. A pension can show as sanctioned on the portal and still not be credited if any of these fails, and that failure is silent; no letter, no SMS, just an account that stays empty.

Once sanctioned, the pension is a continuing entitlement. No fresh application is needed each year. The local body carries out periodic verification to confirm the beneficiary is alive and still meets the conditions, and cooperating with that verification is what keeps the pension running.

What documents are required?

Bring originals along with one photocopy set. The verifying official checks the originals and hands them back.

How to apply for Mukhyamantri Avivahita Pension Yojana

Online

1. Confirm you are registered on samagra.gov.in and note your 9-digit Samagra member ID. Get this done first. The application will not proceed without it.
2. Open socialsecurity.mp.gov.in and choose the pension application option.
3. Enter the Samagra member ID so the portal pulls your existing record.
4. Select Mukhyamantri Avivahita Pension Yojana from the list of schemes.
5. Complete the form, entering bank account details exactly as they appear in the passbook, and record the declarations on marital status, income tax and government service.
6. Upload the age proof, residence proof and photograph, then submit and save the acknowledgement number.

Offline

1. Collect the free application form from the gram panchayat or janpad panchayat in a rural area, or the nagar nigam, nagar palika or nagar panchayat in a town.
2. Fill it in and attach the age proof, residence proof, three photographs, the Samagra ID and a photocopy of the bank passbook.
3. Submit it at the same office and take a dated acknowledgement.
4. Follow up after 15 working days, the decision period fixed by the Public Service Guarantee Act, 2010.

The sanctioning authority is the Chief Executive Officer, District Panchayat in rural areas and the Municipal Commissioner or Chief Municipal Officer in urban areas.

How do I check my Avivahita pension status?

1. Go to socialsecurity.mp.gov.in and open the pension or beneficiary status option.
2. Enter your 9-digit Samagra member ID, which is the number the state indexes pensioners on.
3. Read whether the pension shows as sanctioned and which month was last disbursed.
4. Compare that against your bank passbook. A gap between the two points at a DBT failure rather than a sanction problem.
5. If nothing appears after 15 working days, return to the office that took your form with the acknowledgement.

Why do Avivahita pension applications get rejected?

• Age under 50 at the time of application. Reapply on completing 50.
• Marital status recorded as married, widowed or divorced on the Samagra record. Widows should apply under the Kalyani pension instead; a wrong Samagra entry needs correction at the panchayat first.
• Samagra date of birth differing from the age proof — a very common cause, and a purely clerical one. Correct Samagra, then reapply.
• Family pension already drawn, which is an outright exclusion.
• Government service or honorarium picked up during verification.
• Income tax payer status.
• Bank account failure, dormant, closed, in a relative's name or not Aadhaar-seeded.

The clerical causes, Samagra mismatch and bank account defects: account for most avoidable rejections and both are fixable before you apply. The substantive ones, such as an existing family pension, are not.

Key dates and timing

Mukhyamantri Avivahita Pension Yojana has been open since 2018 and Madhya Pradesh has announced no last date for it. Applications are accepted through the year. The one date that legally binds the administration is the 15 working day decision window under the Public Service Guarantee Act, 2010, counted from the day a complete application is accepted. An incomplete application does not start that clock, which is why an acknowledgement listing what you submitted is worth insisting on.

Help and grievance redressal

• CM Helpline 181, the state grievance line for Madhya Pradesh schemes, reachable by phone, the CM Helpline app and WhatsApp.
• Directorate of Social Justice and Divyangjan Welfare, Link Road No. 3, Bhopal 462016 to phone 0755-2556916, email dir.socialjustice@mp.gov.in.
• District Panchayat CEO or Municipal Commissioner / Chief Municipal Officer for a delayed or refused sanction.

Applying is free. There is no form fee, no Samagra fee and no lawful charge for sanctioning a pension. Any demand for payment to release the Rs 600 is itself a matter for CM Helpline 181.