Bengaluru, Nov. 27 -- income and unorganised sector workers.

APY is a flagship guaranteed pension scheme of the Government of India aimed at providing social security to citizens aged 18-40 years. The scheme offers a fixed monthly pension ranging from Rs.1,000 to Rs.5,000 on attaining 60 years of age, with lifetime pension benefits to the spouse and return of accumulated corpus to the nominee.

The programme was chaired by Shri Pravesh Kumar, Chief General Manager, PFRDA. Shri M. Bhaskara Chakravarthy, Convenor - SLBC Karnataka and General Manager, Canara Bank, delivered the welcome address, followed by the inaugural address by Smt. K. B. Geetha, General Manager, SLBC Karnataka, Canara Bank.

Senior officials including Shri Arunkumar P, Sh...