The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), under the Ministry of Finance, announced that the Atal Pension Yojana (APY) had crossed a historic milestone of nine crore total gross enrolments by April 22, 2026, with the figure being prominently reported across the financial press on April 23, 2026. Annual gross enrolments during financial year 2025-26 exceeded 1.35 crore subscribers, the highest-ever single-year addition since the scheme's launch on May 9, 2015. APY is a voluntary, contributory pension scheme designed primarily for workers in the unorganised sector who form roughly ninety per cent of the Indian workforce. It is open to all Indian citizens between 18 and 40 years of age who hold a valid savings or post office account, with income-tax payers excluded since October 1, 2022. Subscribers contribute monthly, quarterly or half-yearly via auto-debit and choose a fixed monthly pension amount of one thousand, two thousand, three thousand, four thousand or five thousand rupees, payable from age 60 for life. After the subscriber's death the spouse continues to receive the same pension, and on the death of both, the corpus accumulated up to age 60 is returned to the nominee. The Government of India guarantees the minimum pension if investment returns underperform. The 9-crore milestone reflects the deepening reach of India's social-security architecture and the success of seamless onboarding via the banking and Jan Dhan ecosystem. Senior officials credited the surge to drives by public-sector banks, expanded digital onboarding, and rising informal-sector awareness about old-age income security in the wake of demographic ageing trends.