Expenditure on central government pensioners stood at over Rs2.54 trillion in 2021-22

4 Aug 2022 , 08:34 AM

The Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday that over Rs2.54 lakh crore was spent on approximately 70 lakh central government pensioners during 2021—2022.

The number of pensioners and family pensioners was 69,76,240. In a written response, Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh listed the following pensions: 11,28,441 civil pensioners, 36,03,609 defence pensioners (including armed forces pensioners), 4,32,968 telecom pensioners, 14,82,223 railway pensioners, and 3,28,999 postal pensioners. According to him, Rs2,54,284.4 crore total was spent on these pensioners during the fiscal year 2021—2022.