The deadline for central government employees to switch to the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) has been extended for the second time. The Finance Ministry has this time extended the due date to exercise the UPS option by another 2 months till November 30, 2025, on requests from employees and other stakeholders for some additional time.

The UPS was launched on April 1 this year. Initially, the government fixed June 30 as the UPS deadline for eligible existing employees, past retirees and the legally wedded spouses of deceased retirees covered under the National Pension System (NPS). This was later extended to September 30 and now till November 30. The UPS is actually launched as an additional pension scheme option for central government employees covered under the NPS.

In view of slow re

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