Strength of Central Govt Pensioners as on 01.01.2014
7th CPC reports the Strength of Central Govt Pensioners as on 01.01.2014 is 51.96 lakhs
7th Pay commission reports category wise Central Government Pensioners. The portion of the 7th
CPC is reproduced below:
Strength of Pensioners as on 01.01.2014 :
Pensioners can be broadly categorised into Civil and Defence. Within
civil pensioners there exist three broad categories: Central Civil,
Railways and Post.
As on 01.01.2014, as per data reported to the Commission, the total number of pensioners were 51.96 lakh. The category wise break up is shown in the pie chart below
Pensioners and Family Pensioners
The break-up of the total 51.96 lakh pensioners as on 01.01.2014
between pensioners and family pensioners, category wise, is as under:
(in lakh)
|
Central
Civil
|
Railways |
Post |
Defence |
Defence
Civilian |
Total |
|
Pensioners |
9.37 |
10.59 |
2.28 |
13.78 |
4.11 |
40.13 |
|
Family pensioners |
1.44 |
3.16 |
0.97 |
4.82 |
1.44 |
11.83 |
|
Total number of pensioners |
10.81 |
13.75 |
3.25 |
18.60 |
5.55 |
51.96 |
The table above brings out the following:
i. Of the total 51.96 lakh pensioners as on 01.01.2014, 11.83 lakh viz., 23 percent were family pensioners.
ii. Civilian pensioners consisting of Central Government Civil,
Railways and Posts, as on 01.01.2014 number 27.81 lakh while defence
pensioners (including defence civilians were 24.15 lakh. Defence
pensioners (including defence family pensioners and defence civilians)
constitute 47 percent of all pensioners.
