| Nominal Growth Rates of Pension Outlays in India (1980-1981 to 2009-2010) | ||||||||||
| (In %age) | ||||||||||
| Year | Budget Revisions (For Civil & Defence) | Pension Outlays (For all Depts.) | Pension Outlays (For Civil & Defence only) | Number of Pensioners | ||||||
| BE / Actuals | Actuals | Defence + Civil | All Depts. | |||||||
| 1980s | 1990s | 1990s | 2000s Proj. | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s Proj. | 2000s Proj. | 1990s | 2000s Proj. | |
| 0/1 | 27.9% | 7.7% | N.A. | 5.3% | N.A. | -3.1% | -3.6% | 3.1% | N.A. | 3.7% |
| 1/2 | 18.8% | 5.4% | 14.5% | 4.4% | 19.9% | 12.7% | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2.5% | 2.8% |
| 2/3 | 2.7% | 26.5% | 22.3% | 4.4% | 18.3% | 24.4% | 2.1% | 1.5% | 2.8% | 2.5% |
| 3/4 | -63.6%* | 7.2% | 13.5% | 4.2% | 24.8% | 11.1% | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2.8% | 2.8% |
| 4/5 | 5.7% | 0.6% | 10.1% | 4.1% | 4.0% | 8.6% | 2.0% | 1.9% | 2.6% | 2.5% |
| 5/6 | 6.3% | 5.4% | 20.8% | 4.2% | 15.8% | 18.2% | 2.0% | 0.4% | 2.5% | 1.5% |
| 6/7 | 19.7%# | 13.0%# | 19.1% | 4.3% | 26.5% | 18.8% | 2.0% | 1.6% | 2.3% | 2.3% |
| 7/8 | 34.2%# | 31.0%# | 37.8% | 4.3% | 72.4% | 35.0% | 2.1% | 1.6% | 3.1% | 2.3% |
| 8/9 | 26.4%# | 37.0%# | 34.9% | 4.3% | 27.0% | 46.1% | 2.0% | 1.8% | 5.3% | 2.5% |
| 9/10 | 18.1%# | 41.0%# | 26.7% | 4.5% | 10.2% | 42.1% | 2.1% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 2.4% |
