These Central Bureaucrats Get "One-Time" Option For Old Pension Scheme
NDTV
The move comes on the basis of the judgments of various courts allowing benefits of the old defined benefit pension scheme to government servants appointed on or after January 1, 2004 against the posts/vacancies advertised for recruitment prior to the notification of NPS.
The Centre has decided to give a one-time option for officers of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFoS) to get the benefits of the old pension scheme provided they were appointed before December 22, 2003, the cut-off date for notification of national pension system (NPS).
The move comes on the basis of the judgments of various courts allowing benefits of the old defined benefit pension scheme to government servants appointed on or after January 1, 2004 against the posts/vacancies advertised for recruitment prior to the notification of NPS.
The Centre said it got representations in this regard from the officers of All India Services (AIS) - the IAS, the IPS and the IFoS.
