(a) the details of the number of Government pensioners across the country, State-wise including Gujarat;
(b) whether the Government is planning to appoint experts to guide the pensioners on and where to invest their money at the time of retirement;
(c) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
(d) the time by which they are likely to be appointed?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE
(DR. JITENDRA SINGH)
(a): As informed by the concerned Ministry/Department, the total number of Central Government pensioners as on 31.03.2019 is as under:
S. No. Class of Pensioners Number of Pensioners
1 Civil 10,40,256
2 Defence 32,35,730
3 Telecom 3,63,481
4 Railways (provisional) 15,73,665
5 Postal 3,19,333
TOTAL 65,32,465
The State-wise number of Central Government Civil pensioners in the country as informed by the Central Pension Accounting Office (CPAO), Department of Telecommunication and Department of Ex-servicemen welfare, Ministry of Defence are at annexure-I, annexure-II & annexure-III respectively. Department of Posts maintains data PAO-wise which is at annexure-IV. Ministry of Railways has provided the details Zone-wise which is at annexure-V.
(b): No, Sir,
(c) & (d): Does not arise.
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