Asra pension scheme in Telangana government includes 14 new categories of people with special disabilities, see list of 21 Asra pension category for the disabled
Government of Telangana. 14 more categories of people with disabilities have been brought under the Aasra Pension Scheme. Previously, the Asra Pension Scheme beneficiary list included only 7 categories of persons with disabilities (PWD). Here you can check the complete Telangana Asara Pension Scheme category list of disabled people (21). More than 4.9 lakh disabled people are already benefiting from Telangana Asra Pension Scheme.
Pension to all beneficiaries is Rs. 3,016 per month under Asra Pension Scheme. State government. The Medical Board has been constituted to examine and issue disability certificates based on the criteria and symptoms prescribed under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. Although the Center included 14 new categories in the purview of the PWD Act 2016, it took a long time for the guidelines to be determined.
Telangana Asra Pension Scheme provides pension to old people, widows, Gaur community, Elephantiasis patients, people with AIDS, physically challenged and bidi workers.
Telangana Aasara Pension Scheme Disability Category List
| Blindness | Low Vision | Persons Cured of Leprosy |
| Hearing Impaired | Locomotor Disability | Dwarfism |
| Intellectual | Mental Illness | Autism Spectrum Disorder |
| Cerebral Palsy | Muscular Dystrophy | Chronic Neurological Conditions |
| Specific Learning Disabilities | Multiple Sclerosis | Speech & Language Disability |
| Thalassemia | Haemophilia | Sickle Cell Disease |
| Multiple Disabilities including Deaf Blindness | Acid Attack Victims | Parkinson’s Disease |
According to the central government. Guidelines, especially some of these 14 new categories of people with disabilities, are eligible for reservation in employment and education.
In addition, some people falling under these new categories for disabled people are eligible for pre and post matric scholarship, marriage incentive, social security pension and economic rehabilitation.
CM KCR has not reduced the allocation of funds for welfare schemes. He paid Rs. 9,402 crore for the Asra Pension in the Telangana Budget 2019-20.