Unified Pension Scheme: To give guaranteed pension to central employees, the central government has issued a notification of Unified Pension Scheme (UPS). UPS rules will be implemented from April 1, 2025. After its implementation, the employees who will come into government service will get the benefit of the Unified Pension Scheme, while those old employees will also be able to choose this new pension scheme, who will be in service on April 1, 2025.

About 23 lakh central employees will get the benefit of Unified Pension Scheme (UPS). The central government has also issued its rules and regulations. Under this, if any employee wants to get the benefit of pension under UPS, then they will have to select the UPS option on the portal and fill the claim form. Under this scheme, employees will contribute 10 percent for their pension. At the same time, the government's contribution will be 18.5 percent of the total amount of basic pay and dearness allowance. The new pension scheme guarantees minimum pension to central employees. However, there are some conditions for this. Let us know how many years the central employees will have to work at least to get pension in UPS.

This much pension will be given on 25 years of service

Let us tell you, under the rules set under the Integrated Pension Scheme, the employee will have to work for 25 years. Employees who have completed 25 years of service will get pension equal to 50 percent of the average basic salary of 12 months just before retirement. Suppose the average monthly salary of an employee for 12 months is Rs 60 thousand, then such an employee will get a pension of Rs 30 thousand after retirement.

Will have to work for at least this many years

The new pension scheme Integrated Pension Scheme (UPS) guarantees minimum pension to central employees. If an employee has completed at least 10 years of service, he will be given a minimum pension of Rs 10,000 per month on retirement. In simple words, to get the minimum pension under UPS, the employee will have to work for at least 10 years. Only after this he can avail the benefit of pension.