GUWAHATI: The Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare has taken out an order through which all Central Government employees whose selection for appointment was finalized before January 1, 2004 but who joined service on or after 01.01.2004, can now opt to be covered under the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 instead of the NPS (National Pension System).
The order is expected to give relief to several central government employees, some of whom were taking legal recourse in order to get covered under the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972.
Minister of State (I/C) for the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Jitendra Singh said the order effectively gives those central government employees who were recruited before 2004 the option of either switch over to the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 or continue to be covered under the National Pension System, stated a PIB release.
