Nearly Two Crore beneficiaries including 88 lakh women and Four thousand Five hundred trans genders enrolled under Atal Pension Yojana in the last three years. In reply to a question in Rajya Sabha Minister of State for Finance Dr. Bhagwat Karad said, the Scheme is for all the citizens between 18 to 40 age group with savings account in a bank or the post office. Atal Pension Yojana is operational since 1st June 2015, with an objective of creating a universal social security system for all Indians, especially the poor, under-privileged and the workers in unorganized sectors.<br />''  <br />