Profile of Defence Pensioners
- As on 01.04.2015 the Defence Accounts Department is servicing 24.61 lakhs pensioners, spread across the country.
- The category wise details of pensioners is as under:
| Sl.No.
|
Category
|
Number of Pensioners
|
| 1.
|
Commissioned Officers
|
58,754
|
| 2.
|
P.B.O.R.
|
18,40,809
|
| 3.
|
Defence Civilians
|
5,62,088
|
|
Total
|
24,61,651
|
- The details of pensioners drawing pension from various PDAs is summarized as under:
| Sl.No.
|
Name of PDA
|
Number of Pensioners
|
Percentage
|
| 1.
|
Public/Private Sector Banks
|
18,42,092
|
74.83
|
| 2.
|
DPDOs
|
4,60,336
|
18.70
|
| 3.
|
Distt. Treasuries
|
60,752
|
2.47
|
| 4.
|
IE Nepal
|
92,876
|
3.77
|
| 5.
|
Post Office
|
4,496
|
0.18
|
| 6.
|
PAOs
|
1,099
|
0.05
|
|
Total
|
24,61,651
|
100
|
- On an average 45,000 Defence Forces
personnel and Defence civilians retire every year and become part of
pensioners’ strength. While working out the data‐base of pensioners as
on a given date, average wastages out of the pensioners’ data base are
worked out to arrive at the number of Defence pensioners on a particular
date.
- The Defence pensioners are spread over
the length and breadth of the country. The major pockets having
concentration of Defence pensioners are states of Himachal Pradesh,
Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and
Kerala among others.
- The Zone/State wise details of pensioners is enclosed in the accompanying Annexure – ‘A’.
- Further, around 4.60 lakhs pensioners drawing pension from 63
Defence Pension Disbursement offices, which are also mapped in the
accompanying Annexure – ‘B’.
Annexure – ‘A’
Number of pensioners (as per PCDA (P) records):
| Sl.No.
|
Zone
|
State
|
Number of pensioners
|
Total
|
Percentage
|
| 1
|
North
|
1
|
J&K
|
83733
|
795670
|
32.32
|
| 2
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
147963
|
| 3
|
Punjab
|
273652
|
| 4
|
Haryana
|
266809
|
| 5
|
Chandigarh
|
23513
|
| 2
|
Central
|
1
|
Delhi
|
96509
|
461991
|
18.77
|
| 2
|
Uttrakhand
|
86211
|
| 3
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
221464
|
| 4
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
52670
|
| 5
|
Chhattisgarh
|
5137
|
| 3
|
West
|
1
|
Rajasthan
|
138216
|
352459
|
14.32
|
| 2
|
Gujrat
|
18075
|
| 3
|
Maharashtra
|
193495
|
| 4
|
Goa
|
2673
|
| 4
|
South
|
1
|
Tamilnadu
|
115157
|
455993
|
18.53
|
| 2
|
Karnataka
|
107834
|
| 3
|
Kerala
|
166617
|
| 4
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
64033
|
| 5
|
Andaman& Nicobar;
Lakshdeep
|
1040
|
| 6
|
Pudduchery
|
1312
|
| 5
|
East
|
1
|
Bihar
|
110871
|
211032
|
8.57
|
| 2
|
Jharkhand
|
9736
|
| 3
|
West Bengal
|
69197
|
| 4
|
Orrissa
|
21228
|
| 6
|
North- East
|
1
|
Sikkim
|
283
|
78351
|
3.18
|
| 2
|
Assam
|
61295
|
| 3
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
1822
|
| 4
|
Meghalaya
|
2766
|
| 5
|
Manipur
|
5854
|
| 6
|
Mizoram
|
2416
|
| 7
|
Nagaland
|
1108
|
| 8
|
Tripura
|
2807
|
| 7
|
Nepal
|
Indian Embassy Nepal
|
106156
|
106156
|
4.31
|
| 8
|
Grand Total
|
2461651
|
100
|
Annexure – ‘B’
DPDO details: State wise/Station wise
| Sl No.
|
Name of DPDO
|
No. of pensioners
|
Percentage
|
Station/State
|
State wise percentage
|
| 1
|
DPDO, Chandigarh
|
5187
|
1.13
|
Chandigarh
|
1.13
|
| 2
|
DPDO, Red Fort-I Delhi
|
5789
|
1.26
|
Delhi
|
3.45
|
| 3
|
DPDO, Red Fort-II Delhi
|
4966
|
1.08
|
| 4
|
DPDO, Brar Square, Delhi Cantt
|
5128
|
1.11
|
| 5
|
DPDO, Ambala
|
9365
|
2.03
|
Haryana
|
18.57
|
| 6
|
DPDO, Bhiwani
|
12159
|
2.64
|
| 7
|
DPDO, Gurgaon
|
7373
|
1.6
|
| 8
|
DPDO, Hissar
|
4075
|
0.89
|
| 9
|
DPDO, Jhajjar
|
9448
|
2.05
|
| 10
|
DPDO, Karnal
|
6995
|
1.52
|
| 11
|
DPDO, Narnaul
|
8111
|
1.76
|
| 12
|
DPDO, Rewari
|
12562
|
2.73
|
| 13
|
DPDO, Rohtak
|
6797
|
1.48
|
| 14
|
DPDO, Sonipat
|
8616
|
1.87
|
| 15
|
DPDO, Amritsar
|
15790
|
3.43
|
Punjab
|
26.85
|
| 16
|
DPDO, Ferozepur
|
4073
|
0.88
|
| 17
|
DPDO, Batala
|
4882
|
1.06
|
| 18
|
DPDO, Bathinda
|
4524
|
0.98
|
| 19
|
DPDO, Kapurthala
|
4606
|
1
|
| 20
|
DPDO, Dasuya
|
10165
|
2.21
|
| 21
|
DPDO, Pathankot
|
6591
|
1.43
|
| 22
|
DPDO, Patiala
|
8317
|
1.81
|
| 23
|
DPDO, Ropar
|
7286
|
1.58
|
| 24
|
DPDO, Sangrur
|
7478
|
1.62
|
| 25
|
DPDO, Gurdaspur
|
6112
|
1.33
|
| 26
|
DPDO, Ludhiana
|
11801
|
2.56
|
| 27
|
DPDO, Hoshiarpur
|
9703
|
2.11
|
| 28
|
DPDO, Jagraon
|
4374
|
0.95
|
| 29
|
DPDO, Moga
|
5980
|
1.3
|
| 30
|
DPDO, Jalandhar
|
11977
|
2.6
|
| 31
|
DPDO, A/R Jammu
|
10290
|
2.24
|
J&K
|
9.25
|
| 32
|
DPDO, S/N Jammu
|
9742
|
2.12
|
| 33
|
DPDO, Leh
|
3791
|
0.82
|
| 34
|
DPDO, Srinagar
|
5612
|
1.22
|
| 35
|
DPDO, Udhampur
|
7940
|
1.73
|
| 36
|
DPDO, Rajouri
|
5174
|
1.12
|
| 37
|
DPDO, Jaipur
|
4412
|
0.96
|
Rajasthan
|
2.26
|
| 38.
|
DPDO, Jhunjhunu
|
6003
|
1.30
|
| 39.
|
DPDO, Mandi
|
5775
|
1.25
|
H.P.
|
10.22
|
| 40.
|
DPDO, Hamirpur
|
10372
|
2.25
|
| 41.
|
DPDO, Shimla
|
5529
|
1.20
|
| 42.
|
DPDO, Una
|
5571
|
1.21
|
| 43.
|
DPDO, Yol
|
6206
|
1.35
|
| 44.
|
DPDO, Palampur
|
8394
|
1.82
|
| 45.
|
DPDO, Dharamshala
|
5230
|
1.14
|
| 46.
|
DPDO, Meerut
|
9509
|
2.07
|
U.P.
|
5.27
|
| 47.
|
DPDO, Kanpur
|
5534
|
1.20
|
| 48.
|
DPDO, Allahabad
|
5922
|
1.29
|
| 49.
|
DPDO, Gorakhpur
|
3271
|
0.71
|
| 50.
|
DPDO Dehradun
|
2519
|
0.55
|
Uttrakhand
|
0.55
|
| 51.
|
DPDO, Kolkata
|
4268
|
0.93
|
West Bengal
|
0.93
|
| 52.
|
DPDO, Hydrabad
|
4438
|
0.96
|
A.P.
|
3.19
|
| 53.
|
DPDO,
Secunderabad
|
6792
|
1.48
|
| 54.
|
DPDO,
Visakhapatnam
|
3431
|
0.75
|
| 55.
|
DPDO, Bangluru
|
7265
|
1.58
|
Karnataka
|
1.58
|
| 56.
|
DPDO, Chennai
|
7257
|
1.58
|
Tamilnadu
|
4.46
|
| 57.
|
DPDO, Vellore
|
13245
|
2.88
|
| 58.
|
DPDO, Ernakulam
|
8295
|
1.80
|
Kerala
|
12.29
|
| 59.
|
DPDO, Kollam
|
10494
|
2.28
|
| 60.
|
DPDO, Kottayam
|
12073
|
2.62
|
| 61.
|
DPDO,
Pathanamthitta
|
9217
|
2.00
|
| 62.
|
DPDO, Trichur
|
5625
|
1.22
|
| 63.
|
DPDO, Trivandrum
|
10910
|
2.37
|
| Total
|
460336
|
100
|
|
100
|
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