From the outlay data prepared by you,I further discovered the following: No of Pre-August 1997retirees(RP)=14458 % of regular pre-August 1997 regular pensioners to total regular pensioners=53.35% No of Pre-August 1997 category Family Pensioners=10230 % of Pre-August 1997 category Family Pensioners to total Family Pensioners= 76.5% This clearly shows that the pre-August 1997 family pensioners are the worst affected by getting zero payment of IR. C H Mahadevan |