New Delhi, March 16 -- The Central Pension Accounting Office (CPAO) on March 12 issued instructions to all relevant authorities to stick to its new guidelines of processing NPS pension cases in the same manner as the Old Pension Scheme (OPS).

Earlier, on December 18, 2023, the CPAO had issued guidelines to implement the method in order to ensure timely pension disbursal to retired employees under the National Pension System (NPS). The March 12 Office Memorandum (OM) urges Pay and Accounts Offices (PAOs) to follow the order.

The CPAO noted that specifically in some cases, PAOs are submitting three copies of provisional PPOs while submitting NPS cases. The new instructions mandates them to submit two copies of PPO booklets, which are the ...