New Delhi, March 20 -- The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), through a gazette notification dated March 19, 2025, has issued regulations for the operationalisation of the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) under the National Pension System (NPS), 2025.

This follows the Government of India's January 24, 2025 notification introducing UPS for Central Government employees covered under NPS. The new regulations will take effect from April 1, 2025.

The regulations enable the enrolment of three categories of Central Government employees:

The enrolment categories include an existing central government employee in service as on April 1, 2025, who is covered under NPS, a new recruit in the central government services who joins...