The Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW) has clarified the rules related to voluntary retirement under the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS). Over the last few months, the Centre has been trying to ease rules and bring more clarity with respect to the UPS. The deadline for opting for UPS for central government employees is November 30, 2025.

Meanwhile, the government has notified the Central Civil Services (Implementation of Unified Pension Scheme under the National Pension System) Rules, 2025, to govern the service-related matters of central government civil employees covered under the UPS.

The UPS was brought to cover around 23 lakh central government civil employees, covered under the NPS as of April 1, 2025. The UPS doesn’t cover other government employees or those ou

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