The Centre on Monday told the Lok Sabha that 50.14 lakh central government employees and approximately 69 lakh pensioners stand to benefit from the 8th Central Pay Commission (CPC). The figures were shared in a written reply by Pankaj Chaudhary, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance. Advertisement

"The number of central government employees is 50.14 lakh, and the number of pensioners is 69 lakh approximately," the MoS said while responding to questions raised by MPs NK Premchandran, Thanga Tamilselvan, Ganapathy Rajkumar P, and Dharmendra Yadav on issues including the implementation date of the 8th CPC, its Terms of Reference (ToR), fund allocation, and consultations with employee and pensioner associations.

The minister clarified that the notification date for the 8th CPC's impl

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