Unified Pension Scheme: RBE No.66/2025 – Benefits of ‘Retirement Gratuity and Death Gratuity’

No.2012/F(E)III/1(1)/4, dated 07.07.2025

Sub: Extension of benefits of ‘Retirement Gratuity and Death Gratuity’ to the Railway Employees covered by Unified Pension Scheme.

1. Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial Services, has vide Gazette Notification No.FX-1/3/2024-PR, dated 24^th January, 2025 introduced the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) as an option under the National Pension System (NPS) for the recruits to the Central Government civil services w.e.f 01.04.2025 giving one time option to the Central Government employees covered under the National Pension System (NPS) for inclusion under the Unified Pension Scheme. The same has been adopted on Railways vide Board’s letter number F(E)IIl/2025/UPS/1, dated 18.03.2025 (RBE No.22/2025).

2. Accordingly, it is clarified that the Railway employees covered under Unified Pension Scheme shall be eligible for benefit of ‘Retirement gratuity and Death gratuity’ on the same terms and conditions as are applicable to the Railway employees covered under the National Pension System in terms of Board’s letter No.2012/F(E)III/1(1)/4, dated 05.09.2016 (RBE No.105/2016).

Download Railway Board Circular RBE No.66/2025

Forward reference ⇒ RBE No.