New Delhi, July 29 -- All pensioners receiving benefits under the Employees' Pension Scheme (EPS) 1995 and the Employees' Family Pension Scheme (EFPS) 1971 will continue to receive their pension and associated benefits under the newly notified Employees' Pension Scheme (EPS) 2026, the Government of India has clarified.

This clarification resolves speculation about how the newly notified EPS 2026 will be implemented and what changes it will bring.

In a written reply in the Lok Sabha on 27 May, Minister of State for Labour and Employment Shobha Karandlaje explained that the new EPS 2026 protects all accrued pension rights of existing beneficiaries while replacing the earlier EFPS 1971 and EPS 1995 schemes.

This clarification is important...