Extension of benefits of ‘Retirement Gratuity and Death Gratuity’ to the Railway Employees covered by UPS
RBE No. 66/2025.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAIL MANTRALAYA)
(RAILWAY BOARD)
No. 2012/F(E)III/1(1)/4)
New Delhi, dated: 07.07.2025.
The General Managers/Principal Financial Advisors,
All Zonal Railways/Production Units etc,
DGs of RDSO and NAIR.
Subject :- Extension of benefits of ‘Retirement Gratuity and Death Gratuity’ to the Railway Employees covered by Unified Pension Scheme.
Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial Services, has vide Gazette Notification No. FX-1/3/2024-PR dated 24th January, 2025 introduced the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) as an option under the National Pension System (NPS) for the recruits to the Central Government civil services w.e.f 01.04.2025 giving one time option to the Central Government employees covered under the National Pension System (NPS) for inclusion under the Unified Pension Scheme. The same has been adopted on Railways vide Board’s letter number F(E)II/2025/UPS/1 dated 18.03.2025.
2. Accordingly, it is clarified that the Railway employees covered under Unified Pension Scheme shall be eligible for benefit of ‘Retirement gratuity and Death gratuity on the same terms and conditions as are applicable to the Railway employees covered under the National Pension System in terms of Board’s letter No. 2012/F(E)III/1(1)/4 dated 05.09.2016.
(G. Priya Sudarsani),
Director, Finance (Estt.),
Railway Board
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