The Jammu and Kashmir government has provided one-time option to its National Pension System-bound (NPS) employees to switch to the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) provided they were appointed against a post or a vacancy advertised or notified for recruitment before December 24, 2009, but joined their service on or after January 1, 2010, under the NPS.
The Union Territory (UT) government has provided such J&K employees time till December 28, 2026, to utilise the one-time option to switch from the NPS to the OPS. Those who don’t use the option will continue to be covered under the NPS, the notification dated September 28, 2026, said.
