New Delhi (19.11.2025): The Centre has given IAS officers a final opportunity to select their preferred pension scheme. They have been asked to inform the government by November 30, 2025 whether they wish to remain under the Old Pension Scheme (OPS), the National Pension System (NPS), or shift to the recently introduced Unified Pension Scheme (UPS). A circular issued in this regard by the (GAD) states that despite several earlier opportunities, a large number of officers did not decide their option. Now, with the Centre fixing November 30 as the deadline, the possibility of making changes later will become extremely limited. This is to recall that before April 1, 2005, the Old Pension Scheme was applicable to officers appointed across the country. After that, the Central Governm

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