On the basis of the information provided by the Central Pension Accounting Office (for Civil Pensioners), Office of Controller General of Defence Accounts (for Defence Pensioners), Department of Telecommunications (for Telecom Pensioners), Railway Board (for Railway Pensioners), and Department of Posts (for Postal Pensioners), the details regarding the pensioners and family pensioners receiving pension and expenditure involved during the year 2022-23 under the Union Government are given as under:

S.No.	Department	No. of Pensioners	No. of Family Pensioners	Expenditure for the year 2022-23 (Rs. in crores)
1.	Civil Pensioner	780509	361476	40,811.28
2.	Defence Pensioner	2331388	835043	1,25,269.42
3.	Telecom Pensioner	317992	120766	12448.00
4.	Railways Pensioner	856058	669710	55,034.00
5.	Post Pensioner	195298	106467	8214.85
Total		4481245	2093462	2,41,777.55

The amount of minimum pension/ family pension under the Central Government is Rupees 9,000 per month.

There is no proposal to increase the amount of minimum pension/ family pension.  The pensioners/ family pensioners are entitled to dearness relief, based on changes in prices, from time to time. 

This information was given by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

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