Social Security Statistics - 2016/2017
Highlights
Basic Pensions & Social Aid
1. The number of beneficiaries of Basic Pensions and Social Aid as well as the amount paid to them by Government are given in the table below.
Type of Social Assistance |
Number of beneficiaries |
Amount paid
(Rs mn)
for period July 2016 to June 2017 |
June 2016 |
June 2017 |
Basic Pensions |
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Basic Retirement Pension |
197,037 |
206,799 |
15,359.6 |
Basic Widow's Pension |
19,890 |
19,540 |
1,482.0 |
Basic Invalid's Pension |
29,287 |
32,300 2/ |
2,558.6 |
Basic Orphan's Pension |
370 |
365 |
35.3 |
Social Aid 1/ |
20,319 |
18,493 |
638.5 |
1/ Refers to the number of cases who benefit from Social Aid for themselves and for members of their family
2/ Payable (as from July 2016) to persons under age of 60 compared to previous years where only those aged 15 to
59 were eligible |
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Expenditure on Social Security & Welfare
2. Government expenditure on Social Security and Welfare is not yet available for the period July 2016 to June 2017. Latest available figures indicate that Government spent Rs. 31,185 million on Social Security and Welfare for the period July 2015 to June 2016, representing 29% of total Government expenditure and 7.4% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at market prices.
February 2018
