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Manipur cabinet approves unified pension scheme for state employees
The Story in Brief
The Manipur cabinet on Friday, 6 November 2026, approved the Manipur Civil Services (Implementation of the Unified Pension Scheme under the National Pension System) Rules, 2026, effective from 1 April 2026. Employees who joined service on or after 1 January 2005 can now opt for an assured pension instead of a market-linked one. Those completing 25 years of service will receive a full assured monthly payout plus a lump sum, with proportionate pension after 20 years, family pension and dearness relief.
Employees will contribute 10 per cent of Basic Pay plus DA, while the government will contribute 18.5 per cent. Employees may opt for the scheme by 31 December 2026, and new recruits within 30 days of joining. The cabinet also approved the gratuity rules under the NPS, effective from 1 April 2026, modelled on the central government's 2021 rules, granting retirement and death gratuity as a legal entitlement. Separately, the cabinet allotted about 4 acres of state land at Wabagai in Kakching district to the Directorate of Education (Schools) for establishing a Kendriya Vidyalaya.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The approval shifts thousands of state employees from a market-linked pension to an assured payout, removing an investment risk that had hung over their retirement for two decades. The government absorbs the larger share of the contribution, betting that a fixed liability will be easier to budget for than the volatile returns of the old system. Employees face a tight window to decide, and the gratuity rules close a long-standing legal gap that left post-2005 recruits without a statutory lump sum. The next step is the 31 December 2026 opt-in deadline.
Source: thesangaiexpress.com
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