7th Pay Commission: Central Government Employees can pick NPS or OPS for benefits on death during service

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seventh Pay Fee Newest Information As we speak: Beneath rule 10 of CCS (Implementation of NPS) Guidelines, 2021, Central Authorities Staff lined beneath Nationwide Pension System have now been given the choice to decide on advantages both from the outdated pension scheme or collected pension corpus beneath NPS within the occasion of their loss of life throughout service. Nonetheless, the household of the deceased Authorities worker can not train this feature.

If the Central Authorities Worker fails to furnish his possibility, a default possibility of profit beneath the outdated pension scheme for the primary 15 years of service is out there. Thereafter, the default possibility can be the advantages beneath NPS.

At the moment, the default possibility of the outdated pension scheme is in vogue until March 2024 in accordance with these guidelines even when Authorities Worker has accomplished 15 years of service.

CCS (Implementation of NPS) Guidelines, 2021 have been notified by way of a Gazette notification dated thirtieth March 2021.

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Rule 10 of the CCS (Implementation of NPS) Guidelines, 2021

Rule 10 of the CCS (Implementation of NPS) Guidelines, 2021 says, “Each Authorities servant lined beneath the Nationwide Pension System shall, on the time of becoming a member of Authorities service, train an possibility in Kind 1 for availing advantages beneath the Nationwide Pension System or beneath the Central Civil Service (Pension) Guidelines, 1972 or the Central Civil Service (Extraordinary Pension) Guidelines, 1939 within the occasion of his loss of life or boarding out on account of disablement or retirement on invalidation.”

In keeping with this rule, Authorities servants, who’re already in Authorities service and are lined by the Nationwide Pension System, shall additionally train such possibility as quickly as potential Kind 2.

In an Workplace Memorandum (O.M.) dated ninth June 2021, the Directorate Common of Well being Providers (DGHS), stated workers who’re already in Authorities Service and are lined by the NPS, additionally must furnish the main points of household in Kind 2 to the Head of Workplace together with Kind 1 for report and onward submission to Central Document Maintaining Company.

The DGHS had requested all officers to furnish their choices to the Head of Workplace by way of their respective Institution Division by eleventh June.

Advantages on in-service loss of life of Central Authorities Staff lined beneath NPS

• Household pension beneath CCS(Pension) Guidelines, 1972 as per possibility exercised by Authorities servant or default possibility or in case, Authorities servant has opted for advantages beneath NPS, household would get advantages from his collected pension wealth beneath NPS.
• Demise Gratuity
• Go away Encashment
• Advantages from CGEGIS
• CGHS services

Wage to Central Authorities Staff is paid as per suggestions of the seventh Pay Fee.