Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

DoPPW issues notification for Central

Government employees covered under the NPS
Posted On: 31 MAR 2021 5:16PM by PIB Delhi

DoPPW has brought out the notification for regulating the service matters of Central
Government employees covered under the National Pension System. 

The New Defined Contribution based Pension Scheme was introduced  vide
Department of Economic Affairs Notification No.  5/7/2003-ECB & PR  dated
22nd  December, 2003.Thereafter the activities under the National Pension System
viz. registration, contribution, investment, fund management, withdrawals, annuity,
etc. are regulated by the PFRDA Act, 2013. 

However, there were several service matters pertaining the NPS employees which
were not covered by the PFRDA Act. Therefore, in order to streamline the
implementation of NPS, DoPPW initiated the proposal for framing of separate service
rules for NPS employees.

 The present notification provides a detail guideline for  processing various  benefits
/facility available to NPS employees such as compensation to be paid to the
Government servant in case of delay in registration and credit of contributions to the
NPS Account,Option for benefits under the CCS(Pension) Rules or NPS Rules in the
event of death or disability of Government servant during service,Benefits payable
on retirement on superannuation, premature retirement, voluntary retirement,
absorption in autonomous body or PSU, etc.

Earlier  the benefits of invalid pension, family pension on death during service,
disability pension  and extraordinary family pension were extended to NPS covered
Government employees at par with the employees appointed before 01.01.2004, vide
DoPPW’s O.M. No. 38/41/06-P&PW(A) dated 05.05.2009.  Thereafter, the  benefits of
Retirement Gratuity and Death Gratuity have also been extended to all Central
Government employees covered by National Pension System vide DoPPW’s order
dated 26.08.2016 on the same terms and conditions as are applicable under
CCS(Pension) Rules.

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