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Standard Reference VerifiedThe National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) was launched in 1995 to provide welfare pensions and financial assistance to the elderly, widows, and disabled persons living below the poverty line. This directly fulfills the Directive Principles of State Policy, particularly Article 41 (Right to work, to education and to public assistance in cases of unemployment, old age, sickness and disablement).
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