Pay and Pension related grievances of the Army Officials सेना के अधिकारियों की वेतन एवं पेंशन भुगतान संबंधी शिकायतें |

Pay and Pension related grievances of the Army Officials सेना के अधिकारियों की वेतन एवं पेंशन भुगतान संबंधी शिकायतें

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.22
TO BE ANSWERED ON 19th July, 2021

PAY-RELATED GRIEVANCES OF THE ARMY OFFICIALS

22 SHRI MALLIKARJUN KHARGE:

Will the Minister of Defence be pleased to state:

(a) the number of complaints/grievances related to payment of salaries raised by serving army officials over the last five years;

(b) the number of complaints/grievances related to payment of pensions raised by retired army officials over the last five years;

(c) the number of these complaints/grievances addressed, resolved and still pending; and

(d) the amount of Government’s spending on payment of salaries and pensions changed over the last five years, adjusted for inflation?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE SHRI AJAY BHATT

(a) to (c): The details of complaints/grievances related to payment of salaries and pensions raised by serving and retired army official, respectively, over the last five years are as follows:

S. No.	Subject	Complaints received	Complaints Disposed	Pending
1	Pay-related	5161	4935	226
2	Pension-related	53991	52360	1631

(d) The details of Government’s spending on payment of salaries and pensions over the last five years (i.e. 2016-2021) are as follows:

S. No.	Financial Year	Defence Pensions (Rs. in Crore)	Defence Salary (Rs. in Crore)
1	2020-21	128065.86	145884.71
2	2019-20	117810.24	147972.52
3	2018-19	101774.61	141851.38
4	2017-18	91999.58	134680.60
5	2016-17	87825.80	116891.30

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