
UP Vridha Pension is searched far more for when the money arrives than for how to apply, and that is the part most pages skip. This page works out what is actually being paid from the state’s own disbursement figures, gives the quarter pattern, and corrects two things our earlier version had wrong: the monthly amount and the helpline number. Figures are read from the official pension portal on 28.08.2026.
Pension kab aayegi and the payment schedule
The pension is not a monthly credit. It goes out quarterly, which is why a month can pass with nothing in the account and nothing actually wrong.
| UP Vridha pension payment date | How the release works |
|---|---|
| Pension kab aayegi | It comes quarterly, so two blank months in a row are normal. |
| Payment date | No fixed date is published, it follows each quarter’s transfer run. |
| Amount per quarter | Roughly three thousand rupees, three months paid together. |
| Quarters in 2025-26 | Four transfers were made, the last to 55,99,323 beneficiaries. |
| Pension kab tak aayegi | An individual delay is usually a bank or verification issue. |
Pension amount per month
Three different figures circulate for this pension, ours included until today. The portal carries two of them. The third appears on it nowhere.
| UP Vridha pension amount 2025-26 | Official portal |
|---|---|
| Pension amount in UP | About one thousand rupees a month, Rs 1,000 to Rs 1,034 per quarter’s working. |
| National scheme amount | The national scheme grant is Rs 500 a month. |
| Vridha pension 1200 | Rs 1,200 appears nowhere on the portal and the figures do not support it. |
| Amount calculation | Rs 2,094.80 crore to 67,50,000 people is Rs 3,103 a quarter, Rs 1,034 a month. |
| Cross check | Widow and disability pensions work out to Rs 3,000 a quarter, also Rs 1,000 a month. |
Note: The Rs 500 figure is from the National Old Age Pension Scheme panel and is not the total that reaches the account. Our own earlier version also carried the Rs 1,200 figure.
Reading those two official numbers together, the state appears to be adding its own share on top of the national scheme grant, so a beneficiary sees roughly double the Rs 500 the eligibility panel names. We are stating that as our reading of the portal’s own figures rather than quoting an order, because no order fixing a Rs 1,200 rate was found on the portal on 28.08.2026.
Pension list 2026 and how to check your name
The pensioner list is published by the department rather than searched by name, and that changes how you look yourself up.
It helps to know how big this scheme is before hunting for one name inside it. The old age pension alone moved Rs 7,838.79 crore across the four quarters of 2025-26, which is more than the widow, disability and leprosy pensions on the same portal put together. The department paying it is Samaj Kalyan Vibhag, while the widow pension sits with Mahila Kalyan Vibhag and the disability pension with the Divyangjan Sashaktikaran department. That matters when you go to complain, because the office that holds your record depends on which of the four you receive.
| Vridha pension list 2026 (2025-26 payments) | How to find yourself |
|---|---|
| Pension list 2026 | It is on the portal by district, block and gram panchayat. |
| List PDF download | It opens as a district table, not a single state file. |
| Registration number | It is issued on submission and needed for most lookups. |
| Beneficiaries paid | 67,50,000 were paid in each of the first three quarters. |
| New list 2026 | The fourth quarter paid 55,99,323, 11,50,677 fewer, about 17 per cent down. |
Important Links
| Resource | Link |
|---|---|
| Official pension portal | Integrated Social Pension Portal, Uttar Pradesh |
| Old age pension scheme page | Eligibility, documents and government orders |
| Online registration | Old age pension registration form |
| Samaj Kalyan Vibhag | Department of Social Welfare, Uttar Pradesh |
| Sarkari Yojana updates | Latest government scheme and job updates |
| UP schemes for girls and women, Kanya Sumangala, Vidya Dhan, Scooty and pension in one list | Browse the UP list |
| UP Kanya Sumangala, Rs 25,000 across six stages from birth to graduation | Open the apply guide |
Status check by Aadhaar and registration number
The portal keeps the application stage and the payment stage apart, and each is checked somewhere different.
| Vridha pension status check | What to use |
|---|---|
| Application status | Use your registration number on the old age pension section. |
| Status by Aadhaar | Register your mobile and verify Aadhaar online to link the record. |
| Find registration number | Recover it through the portal’s applicant login with your mobile. |
| Verification time | The District Social Welfare Officer checks each application. |
| Which portal | The Social Welfare Department’s integrated pension portal. |
Eligibility, age limit and income limit
These are taken from the eligibility panel on the department’s own old age pension page, not from a summary of it. The income figures in particular are worth reading carefully, because they are annual household income and not the applicant’s own income, and because the rural and urban thresholds differ by more than ten thousand rupees. An applicant just over the rural line in a village will be refused where the same income inside municipal limits would qualify.
| Vridha pension eligibility | Official condition |
|---|---|
| Age limit | The minimum age is 60 years. |
| Income limit rural | Family income up to Rs 46,080 a year in rural areas. |
| Income limit urban | Family income up to Rs 56,460 a year in urban areas. |
| Other pension | Anyone getting another pension is not eligible. |
| Documents needed | A passport size photo and an income certificate. |
Note: The portal shows a maximum age of 150, which is only the form’s upper bound.
If your name is not listed or payment is not received
The seventeen per cent fall in the paid list between quarters is the context for most of these complaints. A drop that size is not a handful of individual errors. It is the scale you see when a verification drive runs across the state, and it means a pensioner who was paid in December and not in March is looking at a systemic removal rather than a lost file. The portal’s front page carries a standing instruction to older applicants to register a mobile number and verify their Aadhaar themselves, which is the department telling you, in advance, where that removal usually starts.
| Vridha pension not received | Likely reason |
|---|---|
| Pension not received | Check whether the quarter has been released at all. |
| Name not in list | Over eleven lakh names left the paid list between quarters. |
| Aadhaar verification | An unverified Aadhaar is a common reason a name drops. |
| Not credited in bank | A closed, dormant or unseeded account fails at the bank. |
| Complaint number | Use the Social Welfare helpline in the next table. |
Helpline number and complaint
The number our earlier version carried is not the one the department publishes on its own pension pages.
| Vridha pension helpline number | Official number |
|---|---|
| Helpline number | Call 14568, the Social Welfare helpline. |
| WhatsApp number | Message 6391114568 for the same help. |
| Old toll free number | It is not on current pages and was removed from ours. |
| District level | The District Social Welfare Officer handles stuck applications. |
| Bank problems | Only your bank branch can fix an account that cannot receive money. |
Applying, and checking status
- Open the integrated social pension portal and choose the old age pension section rather than the widow or disability sections.
- Register as a new applicant, or if you applied before, register your mobile number and complete the Aadhaar verification the portal asks for.
- Fill in personal, bank and income details, and upload the photograph and income certificate the portal lists.
- Save the registration number shown on submission. Every later status and payment check needs it.
- Track the application under the same section, and once sanctioned, expect the credit quarterly rather than monthly.
Frequently Asked Questions
UP Vridha Pension kab aayegi?
It is released quarterly, not monthly. One credit covers three months, so two months with no money in the account is normal and not a failure.
How much is the UP old age pension per month?
About Rs 1,000. Every quarter of 2025-26 works out between Rs 1,000 and Rs 1,034 per beneficiary when the transferred amount is divided by the number paid.
Is the pension Rs 1,200 a month?
That figure is widely quoted but appears nowhere on the official portal, and the disbursement figures do not support it. We removed it from this page on 28.08.2026.
Why did my name disappear from the pension list?
The paid list fell from 67,50,000 to 55,99,323 between the third and fourth quarters of 2025-26, a drop of over eleven lakh. Removal is a real possibility, often tied to Aadhaar verification.
What is the income limit for UP Vridha Pension?
Annual family income up to Rs 46,080 in rural areas and Rs 56,460 in urban areas, with a minimum age of 60 years.
What is the UP Vridha Pension helpline number?
The Social Welfare helpline 14568, with WhatsApp on 6391114568. Both are printed on the department's own old age pension page.