The Government has increased the minimum monthly pension to nine thousand per person, besides a two-fold hike in ex-gratia amount for central government employees.<br/><br/>Addressing the meeting of the Standing Committee of Voluntary Agencies in New Delhi yesterday, Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office, Dr Jitendra Singh said the ex-gratia amount for the employees has been increased from 10 -15 lakh to 25-35 lakh rupees. He said, there are about 50-55 lakh pensioners in the country and almost 88 per cent of their accounts have been seeded to Aadhaar.<br/><br/>Dr Singh also stressed on the need for putting in place an institutionalised mechanism to make good use of the knowledge and experience of the retired employees.