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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
G.V.R. Subba Rao

Andhra Pradesh: Government decides to introduce GPS in place of CPS

In a major policy decision, the Andhra Pradesh Cabinet on June 7 (Wednesday) approved the proposal to replace the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) with the Guaranteed Pension Scheme (GPS) for the government employees.

Under the GPS, the pensioners would receive 50% of their last drawn salary as pension as against 20.3% of their basic salary under the CPS.

Also, the government made certain provisions to adjust the impact of inflation under the GPS.

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