Old Pension Scheme For Select Central Govt Employees, To Get One-Time Option; Check Eligibility
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A select group of central government employees have been given a one-time option to opt for the old pension scheme, according to a Personnel Ministry order. The matter has been examined in consultation with the Department of Financial Services, Department of Personnel & Training, Department of Expenditure and Department of Legal Affairs in the light of the various representations/references and decisions of the courts in this regard, it said. Who Is Eligible To Opt For Old Pension Scheme? The employees who joined the central government services against posts advertised or notified before December 22, 2003, the day National Pension System (NPS) was notified, are eligible to join the old pension scheme under the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 (now 2021), said the order on Friday. “Representations have been received…from the government servants appointed on or after 01.01.2004 requesting for extending the benefit of the pension scheme under Central Civil Serv...