<span style="color: #222222;">Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana has completed five years today. The scheme was formally launced on this day in 2017. The scheme is a social security scheme for senior citizens intended to give an assured minimum pension to them based on an assured return on the purchase price or subscription amount.<br />''<br />''The minimum investment in this scheme was revised to one lakh 56 thousand 658 rupees for pension of twelve thousand per annum and one lakh 62 thousand 162 rupees for getting a minimum pension amount of one thousand rupees per month. The scheme which was under implementation till 2020, has further been extended for three years up to 31st March, 2023.</span><br />