Atal Pension Yojana is a Social Security Scheme introduced by Govt. of India, aimed at providing a steady stream of income after the age of 60 to all citizens of India. It is based on National Pension Scheme (NPS) frame work.
Atal Pension Yojana is a government-backed pension scheme in India, primarily targeted at the unorganised sector. It was mentioned in the year 2015 Budget speech by the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. It was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 9 May 2015 in Kolkata.
Minimum age limit is 18 years and Maximum age limit is 40 years.
Under APY the subscribers have a choice to get Fixed Monthly Pension amount from Rs. 1000, Rs.2000, Rs. 3000, Rs. 4000 and Rs. 5000 by paying monthly subscription as per the table given below:
Age of Entry
Years of Contribution
Monthly pension of Rs. 1000
Monthly pension of Rs. 2000
Monthly pension of Rs. 3000
Monthly pension of Rs. 4000
Monthly pension of Rs. 5000
18
42
42
84
126
168
210
19
41
46
92
138
183
228
20
40
50
100
150
198
248
21
39
54
108
162
215
269
22
38
59
117
177
234
292
23
37
64
127
192
254
318
24
36
70
139
208
277
346
25
35
76
151
226
301
376
26
34
82
164
246
327
409
27
33
90
178
268
356
446
28
32
97
194
292
388
485
29
31
106
212
318
423
529
30
30
116
231
347
462
577
31
29
126
252
379
504
630
32
28
138
276
414
551
689
33
27
151
302
453
602
752
34
26
165
330
495
659
824
35
25
181
362
543
722
902
36
24
198
396
594
792
990
37
23
218
436
654
870
1087
38
22
240
480
720
957
1196
39
21
264
528
792
1054
1318
40
20
291
582
873
1164
1454
Central Government will co-contribute 50% of the total yearly contribution or Rs. 1000 per annum, whichever is lower, for the period of 5 Years in the account of subscribers who join the scheme up to 31st December, 2015 and who are not a member of any Statutory Social Scheme and not an income tax payer.
Subscribers joining APY scheme at an early stage of age would be required to pay lesser monthly subscription amount as compared to the subscriber joining at a later age as illustrated in the above table.