By Admin 
Central Government Employees News: Keeping in mind its employees and pensioners, the Central Government has made many important changes in 2025. Which will have a direct impact on their future and financial condition. These steps of the Government of India will greatly benefit the employees and pensioners.
The government has increased dearness allowance for its employees twice so far in 2025. Besides, it is also giving the benefit of the new integrated pension scheme. Let us know how these decisions of the government will benefit the employees and pensioners.
Pension will be applicable only on the day of retirement
The government has directed all departments to prepare the files of retiring employees 12 to 15 months in advance. So that pension can be implemented from the day of retirement itself. Earlier, it used to take time for the pension of employees to be implemented.
New Unified Pension Scheme (UPS)
For the last several years, central employees have been receiving pension under the National Pension System (NPS). The pension amount in NPS depended on the fluctuations of the market. Due to which the employees felt insecure about their future. The government has made a historic change in it and launched a new integrated pension scheme in April 2025.
This new pension scheme has been created by merging the old pension scheme (OPS) with the National Pension System (NPS). Due to which an effort has been made to further secure the future of the employees. Under the new pension scheme, if an employee completes 25 years of service, he will be given 50 percent of the average basic salary of the last 12 months as pension. At the same time, if the employee has given 10 years of service, then he will get a pension of at least Rs 10,000 every month.
Dearness Allowance (DA)
Dearness allowance has been given twice this year by the central government. Till now the government has increased DA by 5 percent. That means, now the DA of central employees has reached 58 percent. Whose direct benefits have reached central employees and pensioners.
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