A large number of central government employees still seem to be on the fence about the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) and most have continued with the National Pension System (NPS).

As per a reply to a Right to Information request shared by the All India NPS/UPS Association, 97,094 employees had switched to the UPS by October 14. Advertisement

“Total of 24,66,314 Central government employees are enrolled under the NPS. Out of these, 97,094 employees have migrated to the UPS as on 14.10.25,” the All India NPS/UPS Association said in a post on X.

About 38,569 employees from the civil services, 23,529 railway employees and 18,303 postal employees have joined the UPS. As many as 11,144 defence employees have also joined the UPS, as per the RTI response.

At the end of September, the governme

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