Over 679,500 central govt pensioners as of Mar 2023: Finance Minsitry

There are over 67.95 lakh central government pensioners, including defence pensioners, as of March 31, 2023, the finance ministry said on Monday.
As per the data compiled and furnished by Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare on the basis of database maintained by Central Pension Accounting Office, Controller General of Defence Accounts, Ministry of Railways, Department of Telecommunication and Department of Posts, the total number of central government pensioners as on March 31, 2023, is 67,95,449, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said in the Lok Sabha.
The number of civil and defence pensioners stood at close to 11.42 lakh and over 33.87 lakh, respectively. The number of telecom and postal pensioners stood at over 4.38 lakh and 3.01 lakh, respectively.
Railway pensioners stood at over 15.25 lakh as of March 2023.
To a question on whether the government proposes to restore the old pension scheme (OPS) for central government employees, Chaudhary said, “No such