General Provident Fund (GPF) to be introduced to willing National Pension System (NPS) employees- AIDEF Circular ALL INDIA DEFENCE EMPLOYEES’ FEDERATION Special Circular No.72 Date : 13.04.2019 As already informed to you the meeting of the National Council (JCM) was held on 13/04/2019 under the Chairmanship of the Cabinet Secretary. AIDEF was represented by Comrades C. Srikumar, K.Balakrishnan and R.S.Reddy. After the introductory remark by the Cabinet Secretary the Staff Side raised the following issues: The 47th Meeting of the National Council (ICM) is being Called by the Chairman after a period of 9 years. The last i. e. the 46th meeting of the National Council (JCM) was held on 15 May 2010. Under the JCM Scheme the Ordinary meetings of the National Council shall be held as often as necessary, and not less than once in four months. Special meetings can also be called by the Chairman or on a request from the Staff Side. Unfortunately between 1999 and as on date only 7 meet...

NPS to OPS: Abolition of National Pension System and for restoration of Old Pension Scheme Annexure-I F.No-20/07/2017-PR 18.03.2019 To Shri C. Srikumar, General Secretary, All India Defence Employees’ Federation, S.M. Joshi BhavanI, Survey No. 81 , Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Road, Khadki, Pune – 411 003. Subject:   Representation received for abolition of National Pension System and for restoration of Old Pension Scheme – reg. Sir, Kindly refer, to your representation dated 03.11.2018 on the subject cited above. In this connection, it is started that the introduction of National Pension System (NPS) was a policy decision of the Government of India in view of the Increasing pension liability on the economy. Your concerns In this regard have been noted. It Is informed that based on the feedback received from time to time from the subscribers covered under NPS and other stakeholders, the Government of India, based on the Committee of Secretaries recommendations, has recen...

Suggestion to include the right of Central Government employees in your party’s election manifesto regarding the scrapping of the National Pension System Proposal to include in the election manifesto of your party with regard to the scrapping of the National Pension System “If you will be able to indicate your intention to replace the present new contributory scheme with the old Statutory Pension structure, in your manifesto, it might help immensely to elicit the support of the Central Government employees and their family members to your party candidates in the ensuing general election.” NJCA National Joint Council of Action 4, State Entry Road, New Delhi – 110055 No.NC-JCM-2019/NPS March 8, 2019 To The Chief Executive, All Recognised National and State level Political Parties Sub:-   Proposal to include in the election manifesto of your party with regard to the scrapping of the National Pension System which has taken away the pension right of Central Government E...

NPS TO OPS – REVERT TO OLD DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION SYSTEM – PARLIAMENT Q&A ON 28.12.2018 NATIONAL PENSION SYSTEM TO OLD PENSION SCHEME In Parliament on 28th December 2018, the Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla said that there is no proposal to replace the National Pension System (NPS) with old pension scheme in respect of Central Government employees recruited on or after 01.01.2004. The detailed report of Questions and Answers are given below for your information… Lok Sabha Un Starred Question No.2954 (a) Whether the Government is planning to reconsider the Old Pension Scheme on optional basis for Central Government Employees on heavy demand of employee associations across the country and if so, the details thereof; (b) Whether the Government has received any representation from various State Governments and employees’ associations in this regard and if so, the details thereof along with the other major changes demanded by the employ...