India, Sept. 18 -- The Central Civil Services (Implementation of the Unified Pension Scheme under the National Pension System) Rules, 2025 have been notified on 02.09.2025 by the Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare for regulating the service matters relating to benefits under the Unified Pension Scheme in respect of Central Government employees opting for UPS as an option under the NPS.
These rules inter-alia includes provisions for one-time switch option from UPS to NPS for those who had opted for UPS within the stipulated time linesi.e. 30.09.2025. UPS subscriber shall have following options:
(i) Eligible employees under UPS can switch to NPS only once, and cannot switch back to UPS.
(ii) The switch can be exercised at least ...