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PFRDA notifies Regulations for operationalisation of Unified Pension Scheme

By TIOL News Service

NEW DELHI, MAR 21, 2025: THE PFRDA vide gazette notification dated 19th March, 2025 has issued PFRDA (Operationalisation of the Unified Pension Scheme under NPS) Regulations, 2025

(https://www.pfrda.org.in//MyAuth/Admin/showimg.cshtml?ID=3484).

This follows the UPS notification dated 24th January, 2025 by Government of India for Central Government Employees covered under NPS. The regulations shall come into effect from 1st April, 2025.

These Regulations enable enrolment  of three categories of central government employees: (i) an existing central government employee in service as on 1st April 2025, who is covered under NPS ;(ii) new recruit in the central government services, who joins service on or after the 1st day of April 2025; and (iii) a central government employee who was covered under NPS and who has superannuated or voluntarily retired or has retired under Fundamental Rules 56(j) on or before 31st March 2025 and is eligible for UPS or  the legally wedded spouse in case of a subscriber who has superannuated or retired and has demised prior to exercising the option for UPS.

The enrolment and claim forms for all these categories of central government employees will be available online from 1st April, 2025 on website of Protean CRA - https://npscra.nsdl.co.in   The employees also have the option to submit the forms physically.


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