AP Pension Distribution Today: New Mobile Rule, Lakhs Still Unpaid?

• AP pension distribution for January 2026 begins today, December 31, 2025, at 7 AM, by Village and Ward Secretariat employees.
• Beneficiaries must provide their mobile number (or a family member's) for communication, new scheme updates, and New Year greetings via a new app.
• The total number of pensioners for January is 63,12,040, a decrease of 13,959 from December and 3,22,332 from the previous government's count.
• Concerns arise as over 1.7 lakh eligible pensioners in November and 2 lakh in December did not receive their payments, despite being on the official list.
• The article questions if CM Chandrababu and Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan are aware of these discrepancies and calls for a government explanation or white paper.

Why It Matters: AP distributes pensions with a new mobile number rule, but faces scrutiny over lakhs of eligible beneficiaries not receiving payments.