Last Updated: 29 September 2026

₹166 crore recovered from Dead pensioner accounts^[1]
-- 67,852 deceased pensioners identified
-- remaining ₹86 crore recovery in progress
-- June 27, 2025 report

Total ₹440 crore annually saved by weeding out 2.44 lakh FAKE pensioners i.e. ₹36.6 crore per month*

-- ₹145.73 crores additional recovered^[2]

Total number of pensioners still INCREASED, as real beneficiaries are being added
-- Total Beneficiaries: 33.58 lakh in 2024-25^[2:1]
-- Total Beneficiaries: 33.49 lakh in 2023-24^[3]

₹1500 monthly pension is provided to the elderly, widows, dependent children, and the disabled, reflecting the government's dedication to social welfare^[2:2]

_{^*2.44 Lakh pensioners x 1500 per person per month}

¶ Fake Beneficiaries found drawing pension^[2:3]

Fake beneficiaries are identified as either ineligible or deceased

References:

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1. https://yespunjab.com/punjab-govt-recovers-rs-166-cr-from-ineligible-pension-accounts-dr-baljit-kaur/ (Punjab Govt Press Release) ↩︎

2. https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=190639 ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

3. https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=186846 ↩︎