Single Women Pension pays Rs.4,000 a month to single women in Andhra Pradesh under the NTR Bharosa pension scheme. It is for women who are unmarried, divorced, separated or deserted and living on their own, with no other pension and no family income to fall back on. The money is paid every month directly into the woman’s Aadhaar-linked bank account, and there is no fee to apply.

Key Facts

Who Qualifies for Single Women Pension

You qualify if you meet all of these conditions:

• You are a single woman — unmarried, divorced, separated or deserted — living in Andhra Pradesh.
• You hold a white rice card, or your family is below the poverty line.
• Your household income is up to Rs.10,000 a month in a rural area or Rs.12,000 a month in an urban area.
• Your family owns less than 3 acres of wet land or less than 10 acres of dry land.
• Your household’s electricity consumption is below 300 units a month.
• No one in your family is a government employee or an income-tax payer.

One person receives one pension under NTR Bharosa. Widows should apply under the widow pension category, not under single women — if you apply in the wrong category, the officer has to send the application back or ask for a fresh one in the right category.

Single Women Pension: Documents You Need

• Aadhaar card
• White rice card
• Income certificate
• Proof of single status — the Sachivalayam will tell you which document it accepts, such as a divorce certificate
• Bank account details, with Aadhaar seeded to that account

Income certificates are issued at the Grama or Ward Sachivalayam or through MeeSeva. Make sure the name on every document matches your Aadhaar card — a spelling mismatch is the most common reason an application is sent back for correction. If you do not have a document, ask at the Sachivalayam which office issues it — most can be obtained at the Sachivalayam itself or through MeeSeva.

How to Apply for Single Women Pension, Step by Step

1. Go to your Grama or Ward Sachivalayam with your Aadhaar card, white rice card, income certificate and proof of single status.
2. The Sachivalayam staff take your application and check your documents against the eligibility rules.
3. Your application is verified by the village or ward secretariat and then by the pension authorities.
4. Once sanctioned, the pension of Rs.4,000 a month is credited directly to your Aadhaar-linked bank account on the 1st of every month.
5. Check your status on sspensions.ap.gov.in with your Aadhaar number or pension ID. If the status shows sanctioned but no money has arrived, check your Aadhaar-bank seeding first.

Fresh applications are taken in windows announced by the government, so watch for the announcement at your Sachivalayam before you go. There is no online application form and no fee — anyone who asks you to pay for the application is not part of the process.

Single Women Pension: Common Problems and Fixes

Pension not credited. The most common cause is Aadhaar-bank seeding: the money goes to whichever account is mapped to your Aadhaar in the NPCI mapper, so if your Aadhaar is seeded to a closed or wrong account, the pension goes there instead. Check the seeding with your bank and get it corrected — the next month’s pension will go to the corrected account.

Application rejected for income or land. If the verification found income above the limit, or land above the limit, the application is rejected. The limits are checked against the family’s records, so the figure you give has to be the real one — there is no way around the limits.

Applied under the wrong category. Widows who apply under the single women category, or single women who apply under the widow category, will have the application sent back. Apply again in the right category — the widow pension guide is here: https://unqinformation.com/ap-widow-pension-2026/ — and the pension payment problems guide explains the other reasons a pension stops: https://unqinformation.com/ap-pension-payment-problems-7-reasons-your-ntr-bharosa-pension-stopped-how-to-fix-each/

Frequently Asked Questions

How is Single Women Pension different from the widow pension?

Both pay Rs.4,000 a month under NTR Bharosa, but they are separate categories. The widow pension needs a husband’s death certificate; this one is for women who are unmarried, divorced, separated or deserted. Apply in the right category or the application is sent back.

How much is the pension?

Rs.4,000 a month, paid directly to your Aadhaar-linked bank account on the 1st of every month.

Where do I apply?

At your Grama or Ward Sachivalayam. There is no online application form and no fee.

How do I check my pension status?

On sspensions.ap.gov.in, using your Aadhaar number or pension ID.

Can I get the single women pension and another pension together?

No. One person receives one pension under NTR Bharosa. If you already get a pension under another category, you cannot get the single women pension as well.

Single Women Pension: How the Monthly Payment Works

This pension is paid every month, not as a one-time grant. Once an application is sanctioned, the pension starts from the month of sanction and is credited to the Aadhaar-linked bank account on the 1st of every month, the same day other NTR Bharosa pensions are delivered. The pension continues every month as long as the eligibility rules still hold — if your circumstances change, tell the Sachivalayam so the record stays correct.

It is a separate category inside NTR Bharosa, so it should not be confused with the widow pension or the old age pension. Each category has its own rules, and one person receives only one pension — if you already get a pension under another category, you cannot get this one too.

Single Women Pension: Eligibility, Income and Land Limits Explained

The eligibility rules are checked as a set, not one by one in isolation. The Sachivalayam checks your single status, your white rice card, your household income, your family’s land, your electricity use and whether anyone in the family is a government employee or an income-tax payer — all of them together.

If any one of these fails, the application is rejected, so it is worth checking each one before you apply. The two that catch most applicants out are the income limit and the land limit, because the family often counts only its own income and land and forgets the rest of the household.

Single Women Pension: How to Check Status and Fix Payment Problems

Check your status on the official NTR Bharosa portal at https://sspensions.ap.gov.in/ using your Aadhaar number or pension ID. If the status shows sanctioned but no money has arrived, check your Aadhaar-bank seeding with your bank. The wider scheme is on https://www.ap.gov.in/ and Aadhaar services are at https://uidai.gov.in/. For the wider scheme, see the NTR Bharosa pension guide at https://unqinformation.com/ntr-bharosa-pension-scheme/ and the pension payment problems guide at https://unqinformation.com/ap-pension-payment-problems-7-reasons-your-ntr-bharosa-pension-stopped-how-to-fix-each/.

Read also: NTR Bharosa Pension Scheme 2026 · AP Widow Pension 2026 · Pension Payment Problems

This pension is a small but steady income for women living on their own. If you qualify, apply at your Sachivalayam with the right documents in the right category — and check your status on the portal so you know when the first Rs.4,000 reaches your account.

Last updated: November 2026