Lok Sabha Question No. 350 (STARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Pension Adalat organised by CPAO
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Prataprao  Jadhav, Shrirang Appa Barne

## Government of lndia Ministry of Finance OePartment  of ExPenditure O/o Controller General  of Accounts Central  Pension Accounting Office

BhikajiCama Place, Trikoot-ll,

New Delhi - 110066

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No.  -350

TO BE ANSWERED ON I\i]ONDAY, 28ih MARCH,  2022

## PENSION ADALAT ORGANISED BY CPAO

-350

SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

SHRI SHRIRANG  APPA BARNE:

Will the Minister  of Finance be pleased  to state:

- a. Whether the Central Pension Accounting Office (CPAO)  is going to organize  a'Pension  Adalat' through  video conferencing;
- b. lf so, the details thereof  along with the aims and objectives and the details of issues/matters likely to be sorted out in the said Pension  Adalat;
- c. the main objectives of launching  Nationat Pension Scheme (NPS)  along with the number' of persons enrolled thereunder since its inception, State/UT  wise,
- d. whether the Government has achieved the objective of NPS, if so, the details  thereof and if not, the corrective measures  taken/being taken by the Government in this regard; and
- e. whether the Government has enhanced the contribution under NPS to make the retirement  income scheme more attractive  and if so, the details thereof?

## Answer

## MINISTER IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE

(SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

(a)  to  (e):  A statement is placed  on the Table  of the House

Statement referred to in reply to Loksabha  Starred Question  No 350 for answer on 28rh March, 2022 ruised by SHRI.PRATAPRAO  JADHAV and SHRI' SHRIRANG  APPA BARNE Regarding 'PENSION  ADALAT ORGANISED BY CPAO'

- (a) Yes, Central Pension Accounting Otfice  (CPAO) has organized a Pension Adalat on 16th of March, 2022 through  video conferencing'
- (b) Details in (a) above. The aims and objectives  of this  'Pension Adalat' were to facilitate prompt and quick redressal of  the  grievances of  the pensioners/family  pensioners.  The details of issues/matters  taken up for sorting  out in the said Pension Adalat  are related to  payment of commutation  value, payment of additional  pension due, payment of arrear of pension  due to revision  & issues related to life certificate submission.
- (c) The National Pension System  (NPS) was introduced  by the Government  of lndia to replace the defined  benefit pension system by defined  contribution  pension scheme in order to  provide old age income security and to channelize the small savings into  productive sectors of the economy  through prudential investments NPS was made mandatory for all new recruits to the Central Government service from 1st January,2oo4,  (except the armed forces in the first stage) and has also been rolled out for all citizens  with effect from 1st May,2009, on voluntary basis.

The number of persons enrolled under NPS as on 28 02 2022' since its inception,  State/UT-wise  is at Annexure A.

- (d)&(e) The Government of lndia has taken a number of steps for streamlining  NPS for Central Government  employees  to protect the interests  of the subscribers  These include enhancement  of Central Government's contribution from the earlier  10% to 14% of basic PaY+DA  for all the Central Government  employees  covered under National Pension  SYStem  Tier-1.

## Annexure  A

The number of persons enrolled  under NpS inception,  State/UT-wise as on 28.02.2022, since its

|   S. No. | Name of State                      | Number of Subscribers   |
|----------|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman & Nicobar lslands          | 14,444                  |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh                     | 9,31,391                |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 36,769                  |
|        4 | Assam                              | 4,90,192                |
|        5 | Bihar                              | 6.90.791                |
|        6 | Chandigarh                         | 38,390                  |
|        7 | Chhattissarh                       | 6.04.862                |
|        8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli Daman & Diu | 5,019                   |
|        9 | Delhi                              | 4,38,941                |
|       10 | Goa                                | 58,525                  |
|       11 | Gujarat                            | 7,52,656                |
|       12 | Haryana                            | 4.82.841                |
|       13 | Himachal Pradesh                   | 1,79,393                |
|       14 | Jammu & Kashmir                    | 2,35,440                |
|       15 | Jharkhand                          | 3,74,234                |
|       16 | Karnataka                          | 13.98.605               |
|       17 | Kerala                             | 6,80,797                |
|       18 | Ladakh                             | 482                     |
|       19 | Lakhswadeep                        | 2,211                   |
|       20 | Madhya Pradesh                     | 9,20,419                |
|       21 | Maharashtra                        | 15,69,265               |
|       22 | Manipur                            | 68,871                  |
|       23 | Meghalaya                          | 32,752                  |
|       24 | Mizoram                            | 13,823                  |
|       25 | Nagaland                           | 51,194                  |
|       26 | Odisha                             | 5,13,264                |
|       27 | Pondicherry                        | 24,632                  |
|       28 | Punjab                             | 3,51,531                |
|       29 | Rajasthan                          | 9,74,929                |
|       30 | Sikkim                             | 28,993                  |
|       31 | Tamil Nadu                         | 6,87,380                |
|       32 | Telangana                          | 2.00.935                |
|       33 | Tripura                            | 56,018                  |
|       34 | Uttar Pradesh                      | 17,29,754               |

| 35,   | Uttarakhand   | 1,85,584   |
|-------|---------------|------------|
| 36    | West Benoal   | 6,53,599   |
| 37.   | Others*       | 42,282     |
|       | Total         | 155,20.186 |

## Source: PFRDA

*Others  include paramilitary forces, Non Resident lndian subscribers, and Overseas Citizenship  of lndia  subscribers