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.