• Dr Rubina Nusrat

This paper is critical analysis of National Social Assistance Programme, a centrally sponsored social security scheme. The success stories and gaps of NSAP are highlighted in the context of data from the time period from 2014 till 2019 as NSAP has become a centrally sponsored scheme under the Ministry of Rural Development since 2014. This paper is only an exploratory work which is based on data collected and analyzed from various secondary resources. This paper is an attempt to critically analyze the implementation status of National Social Assistance Programme all across India. This paper highlights the success stories related to National Social Assistance Programme in various states all across India. This paper also identifies the gaps in the implementation process of NSAP in various States. Eventually based on the gaps, few recommendations are suggested in the conclusion of the paper.

National Social Assistance Programme, Success Stories of NSAP, Gaps in NSAP

"Revisiting the Success Stories and unmet targets of National Social Assistance Programme", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 8, page no.d290-d298, August-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2108407.pdf

"Revisiting the Success Stories and unmet targets of National Social Assistance Programme", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 8, page no. ppd290-d298, August-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2108407.pdf