7th CPC arrears for Defence Pensioners – Pension Disbursing Agencies have started releasing the 7th CPC arrears due to the pensioners.
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Defence
03-February-2017 16:28 IST
Defence Pensioners
Details of State-wise assessed number of Defence Pensioners as on 01.04.2016 are enclosed as under: STATE WISE ASSESSED NUMBER OF DEFENCE PENSIONERS AS ON 01.04.2016
| Sl. No. | State | No. of Pensioners |
| 1 | Andaman & Nicobar | 1057 |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 65047 |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 1851 |
| 4 | Assam | 62265 |
| 5 | Bihar | 112626 |
| 6 | Chhattisgarh | 5218 |
| 7 | Chandigarh | 23885 |
| 8 | Goa | 2715 |
| 9 | Gujarat | 18361 |
| 10 | Haryana | 271034 |
| 11 | Himachal Pradesh | 150306 |
| 12 | Jammu & Kashmir | 85059 |
| 13 | Jharkhand | 9890 |
| 14 | Karnataka | 109541 |
| 15 | Kerala | 169255 |
| 16 | Madhya Pradesh | 53504 |
| 17 | Maharashtra | 196559 |
| 18 | Manipur | 5947 |
| 19 | Meghalaya | 2809 |
| 20 | Mizoram | 2455 |
| 21 | Nagaland | 1125 |
| 22 | New Delhi | 98037 |
| 23 | Odisha | 21564 |
| 24 | Pondicherry | 1333 |
| 25 | Punjab | 277985 |
| 26 | Rajasthan | 140405 |
| 27 | Sikkim | 288 |
| 28 | Tamilnadu | 116981 |
| 29 | Tripura | 2852 |
| 30 | Uttar Pradesh | 224971 |
| 31 | Uttarakhand | 87576 |
| 32 | West Bengal | 70293 |
| 33 | Indian Embassy Nepal | 107837 |
| Total | 2500631 |
Pension Disbursing Agencies have started releasing the 7th CPC arrears due to the pensioners. Details regarding amount released and number of pensioners benefitted are being collected. This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shrimati Vasanthi M. in Lok Sabha today.
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