Ramaswami: In a similar pattern, the social security schemes are also becoming more symbolic as the government is forcefully decreasing the number of beneficiaries due to lack of budget for these schemes, the union said. “For example, in this budget also the allocations for National Social Assistance Programmes which include Indira Gandhi National Old age Pension Scheme, National Family Benefit Scheme, Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme, Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme and Annapurna Yojna has gone down from Rs 9,200 crore to Rs 9,196.92 crore,” it noted. The working committee has resolved to mobilize the rural masses on the issues of livelihood, land, housing sites, minimum wages and for the implementation of social welfare schemes.