Amid the ongoing debate over the switch to the Old Pension Scheme (OPS), states are learnt to have flagged concerns over a high number of government employees who were regularised into government service mid-career, resulting in a lower pension payout due to less amount of contributions, compared with full-service government employees.
Some states, such as Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh are facing this issue as they have a large number of employees whose total years of service is around 10 years, an issue that has also been raised in the discussions of the Centre-appointed committee to look into improving the National Pension System (NPS) for government employees, people in the know said.
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