Teachers demand old pension scheme
School education minister Dadaji Bhuse was replying to a question raised by a group of legislators, including Vikram Kale and Amol Mitkari, who sought clarity on whether teachers appointed before the cut-off date but whose schools received 100% grant-in-aid after that date are eligible for OPS benefits.
Bhuse said that while govt employees appointed before November 1, 2005, are covered under OPS, Group A and B officials in the school education department's administrative branches were brought under OPS through a resolution issued on April 28, 2025.
To address related issues, the finance department issued a resolution on March 31, 2023, followed by a directive from the school education department on June 14, 2023, allowing death gratuity, family pension, and retirement gratuity to eligible teaching and non-teaching staff in 100% aided schools if they die in service, retire on medical grounds, or retire after completing service.
Bhuse added that under a finance department resolution dated September 20, 2024, employees covered under NPS/DCPS have been given a one-time option to choose between the revised NPS of the state govt and the central govt's Unified Pension Scheme (UPS).
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