UPS Implementation for AIS Officers in AP GO 16 Unified Pension Scheme for All India Service Officers
Implementation of Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) as an option under NPS for All India Service Officers / CCS Officers – Operational Guidelines– Issued. FINANCE (HR-III-PENSION & GPF) DEPARTMENT. G.O Ms.No.16 Dated:30-03-2026
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Implementation of Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) as an option under NPS for All India Service Officers / CCS Officers – Operational Guidelines– Issued. FINANCE (HR-III-PENSION & GPF) DEPARTMENT. G.O Ms.No.16 Dated:30-03-2026
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- 1.G.O.Ms.No.653, Finance (Pension.1) Department dated:22.09.2004.
- 2.GOI Notification No.F.N.FX-1/3/2024-PR, Ministry of Finance, dated: 24.01.2025.
- 3.Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (Operationalization of Unified Pension Scheme under National Pension System) Regulations, 2025, dt:19.03.2025.
- 4. Govt. Memo No.2839648/A1/SC.A/2025, General Administration (SC.A) Department, dated:23.05.2025.
- 5.Government Circular No.2836695/A1/2025 General Administration (SC.A) Department, dated:16.06.2025.
UPS Implementation for AIS Officers in AP GO 16 Unified Pension Scheme for All India Service Officers
ORDER
In partial modification of the Notification No.F.No.5/7/2003-ECB&PR, dated:22.12.2003 Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs) and in terms of Notification No.F.No.1/3/2016-PR, Ministry of Finance (Department of Financial Services) dated:31.12.2019, the Central Government has decided to introduce Unified Pension Scheme, as an option under the National Pension System for the employees of Central Government who are covered under the National Pension System.
In partial modification of the Notification No.F.No.5/7/2003-ECB&PR, dated:22.12.2003 Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs) and in terms of Notification No.F.No.1/3/2016-PR, Ministry of Finance (Department of Financial Services) dated:31.12.2019, the Central Government has decided to introduce Unified Pension Scheme, as an option under the National Pension System for the employees of Central Government who are covered under the National Pension System.
The Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) has been operationalized under the National Pension System (NPS) in line with the PFRDA (Operationalization of Unified Pension Scheme under NPS) regulations, 2025 vide F.No.PFRDA-12/01/0001/2023-LEGAL, of PFRDA, New Delhi. The Government of India has notified Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) as an option under National Pension System for Central Government Employees for implementation w.e.f. 01.04.2025. The Scheme aims to provide sustainable and predictable retirement income to Central Government employees and AIS Officers of the States through defined contribution framework, default investment options and systematic post-retirement payout arrangements.
2. In partial modification to the reference 1st cited, the Government of Andhra Pradesh have issued procedural guidelines in the reference 5th cited, to implement the Unified Pension Scheme to the All India Service (AIS) Officers / CCS Officers working in the State of Andhra Pradesh, who are opted for Unified Pension Scheme under NPS.
3. In the reference 4thcited, the Government of Andhra Pradesh have appointed the Pay and Accounts Officer, Mangalagiri as State Nodal Officer for implementation of Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) and its activities such as maintenance of subscriber details, transfer of subscriptions to the NPS Trust and all other activities of the All India Service (AIS) / CCS Officers working in the State.
4. The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) issued the regulations to operationalise the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) introduced by the Central Government as an option under the National Pension System (NPS) for the employees of the Central Government (or) AIS Officers of the States who covered under NPS.
5. In implementation of the Unified Pension Scheme to the AIS/CCS Officers of the state of Andhra Pradesh who are under NPS as per the instructions issued by the Government of A.P vide reference 5th cited, the following Operational Guidelines issued:
The new recruits shall submit their option to the DDO concerned whether they are opting to UPS. The DDO concerned shall forward the same to the UPS SNO through online module for verification and for onward transmission to Pro CRA to issue the UPS PRAN.
7. The monthly contribution of UPS subscriber and equal co-contribution of Government shall be transferred to the respective UPS PRANS by the SNO as per the following procedure:
1) The DDO shall deduct the contribution from the salary of the AIS/CCS Officers to the HoA 8342-00-149-01-06-001-001 and send the bill to the PAO/Treasury along with the details of contribution deducted in respect of each UPS subscriber on or before 25th day of each month.
2) The CFMS server shall capture the data of employee UPS subscriptions arising out of pay bills paid on 1st day of the following month, auto populate government contribution and transmit the combined data to the CRA server on 5th day of every month.
3) The CRA server generates transaction ID if accepted the data, and an adjustment bill will be automatically generated for transfer of employee subscription to the UPS pooled PD Account, for each successful transaction ID i.e., from the HoA 8342-00-149-01-06-001- 001, 27030705001 to 8342-00-149-11-06-001-002, 27030705001 and will be displayed in maker login of State Nodal Officer of UPS as per work flow. The PAO shall authorize the claim.
4) Simultaneously, for all successful transaction IDs an adjustment bill will be generated automatically for the matching government contribution from HoA 2071-01-121-00-04-320-327VN, 27000705001 to the UPS pooled PD Account 8342-00-149-11-06-001-002, 27030705001 and will be displayed in maker login of State Nodal Officer of UPS as per work flow. The State Nodal Officer shall submit this bill to the PAO Audit for adjustment to UPS pooled PD account 8342-00-149-11-06-001-002, 27030705001 operated by PAO.
5) After successful adjustment of funds to the UPS pooled PD a/c 8342- 00-149-11-06-001-002, 27030705001, the CFMS server auto generates the cash bill from PD account 8342-00-149-11-06-001-002, 27030705001 and display the same in maker login of State Nodal Officer. The SNO shall approve the bill for payment directly to the Trustee Bank Account through the accredited bank.
6) The NPS Trust confirms successful credit of funds to CRA for each transaction ID and in turn the CRA shall auto-update the status of transaction ID in CRA server and the same will be communicated to the PAO through mail on the next working day.
b) The above remittances will be reflected against PD A/C of the SNO which is exclusively for this purpose.
c) The CFMS server shall capture the data of AIS Officers subscriptions and employer contribution arising out of the paid challans and submit the combined UPS data to the CRA server on 5th day of every month.
d) For all the successful transaction IDs, an adjustment bill will be automatically generated for transfer of AIS/CCS Officers subscriptions to the UPS pooled PD A/C for each successful transaction ID i.e., from 8342-00-149-13-06-001-001, 27030705001 to 8342-00-149-13-06-001- 002, 27030705001 and will be displayed in the maker login of SNO as per work flow. The PAO shall authorize the claim.
e) After successful adjustment of funds to the UPS pooled PD a/c 8342- 00-149-13-06-001-002, 27030705001 the CFMS server auto generates the cash bill from PD account 8342-00-149-13-06-001-002, 27030705001 and display the same in maker login of SNO as per work flow. The SNO shall approve the bill for payment directly to the Trustee Bank Account through the accredited bank.
f) The NPS Trust confirms successful credit of funds to CRA for each transaction ID and in turn the CRA shall auto-update the status of transaction ID in CRA server and the same will be communicated to the PAO through mail on the next working day.
8. The Director of Treasuries and Accounts is directed to transfer the contributions of the AIS/CCS Officers who are migrated to UPS, for the months December-2025, January-2026 and February-2026 to the HoA 8342-00-149-01- 06-001-001VN, 27030705001 and 8342-00-149-13-06-001-001VN, 27030705001 as the case may be, of the SNO, UPS as their contributions are held with the NPS HoA of the DTA for the above months.
9. The SNO should remit the pending contributions of Members of Service for the months December- 2025, January-2026 and February-2026 held in NPS along with their matching State shares to the respective UPS PRANs by 31.03.2026.
10. The Director of Treasuries and Accounts, Mangalagiri is directed to transfer missing NPS contributions of UPS migrated AIS/CCS Officers held with DTA, Mangalagiri on receipt of the missing credit particulars furnished by UPS State Nodal Officer i.e., PAO, Mangalagiri from time to time.
11. The Pay and Accounts Officer, Mangalagiri, as the State Nodal Officer, shall also undertake all remaining activities viz., generation of PRAN, partial withdrawals, superannuation / death withdrawals, ERM Operations, changes of personal details in PRAN etc., at their end.
12. The CEO, APCFSS shall make the necessary modifications in the CFMS and Nidhi Payroll softwares to enable the aforementioned changes and provide the reports required to the Pay and Accounts Officer, Mangalagiri.
2. In partial modification to the reference 1st cited, the Government of Andhra Pradesh have issued procedural guidelines in the reference 5th cited, to implement the Unified Pension Scheme to the All India Service (AIS) Officers / CCS Officers working in the State of Andhra Pradesh, who are opted for Unified Pension Scheme under NPS.
3. In the reference 4thcited, the Government of Andhra Pradesh have appointed the Pay and Accounts Officer, Mangalagiri as State Nodal Officer for implementation of Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) and its activities such as maintenance of subscriber details, transfer of subscriptions to the NPS Trust and all other activities of the All India Service (AIS) / CCS Officers working in the State.
4. The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) issued the regulations to operationalise the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) introduced by the Central Government as an option under the National Pension System (NPS) for the employees of the Central Government (or) AIS Officers of the States who covered under NPS.
5. In implementation of the Unified Pension Scheme to the AIS/CCS Officers of the state of Andhra Pradesh who are under NPS as per the instructions issued by the Government of A.P vide reference 5th cited, the following Operational Guidelines issued:
Generation of UPS PRAN
6. Generation of UPS PRAN:-The new recruits shall submit their option to the DDO concerned whether they are opting to UPS. The DDO concerned shall forward the same to the UPS SNO through online module for verification and for onward transmission to Pro CRA to issue the UPS PRAN.
7. The monthly contribution of UPS subscriber and equal co-contribution of Government shall be transferred to the respective UPS PRANS by the SNO as per the following procedure:
A. For the AIS Officers working in regular Government Departments:
1) The DDO shall deduct the contribution from the salary of the AIS/CCS Officers to the HoA 8342-00-149-01-06-001-001 and send the bill to the PAO/Treasury along with the details of contribution deducted in respect of each UPS subscriber on or before 25th day of each month.
2) The CFMS server shall capture the data of employee UPS subscriptions arising out of pay bills paid on 1st day of the following month, auto populate government contribution and transmit the combined data to the CRA server on 5th day of every month.
3) The CRA server generates transaction ID if accepted the data, and an adjustment bill will be automatically generated for transfer of employee subscription to the UPS pooled PD Account, for each successful transaction ID i.e., from the HoA 8342-00-149-01-06-001- 001, 27030705001 to 8342-00-149-11-06-001-002, 27030705001 and will be displayed in maker login of State Nodal Officer of UPS as per work flow. The PAO shall authorize the claim.
4) Simultaneously, for all successful transaction IDs an adjustment bill will be generated automatically for the matching government contribution from HoA 2071-01-121-00-04-320-327VN, 27000705001 to the UPS pooled PD Account 8342-00-149-11-06-001-002, 27030705001 and will be displayed in maker login of State Nodal Officer of UPS as per work flow. The State Nodal Officer shall submit this bill to the PAO Audit for adjustment to UPS pooled PD account 8342-00-149-11-06-001-002, 27030705001 operated by PAO.
5) After successful adjustment of funds to the UPS pooled PD a/c 8342- 00-149-11-06-001-002, 27030705001, the CFMS server auto generates the cash bill from PD account 8342-00-149-11-06-001-002, 27030705001 and display the same in maker login of State Nodal Officer. The SNO shall approve the bill for payment directly to the Trustee Bank Account through the accredited bank.
6) The NPS Trust confirms successful credit of funds to CRA for each transaction ID and in turn the CRA shall auto-update the status of transaction ID in CRA server and the same will be communicated to the PAO through mail on the next working day.
B. For the AIS Officers working in Foreign Service:
a) The UPS contributions viz., Employee Contribution @10% of basic pay (including non-practicing allowance, where applicable) + Dearness Allowance and equal share of employer of the AIS/CCS Officers working on Foreign Service terms and conditions will be remitted through challans to the HoA 8342-00-149-13-06-001-001 (employee share) and 8342-00- 149-13-06-001-002 (employer share) as per existing procedure.b) The above remittances will be reflected against PD A/C of the SNO which is exclusively for this purpose.
c) The CFMS server shall capture the data of AIS Officers subscriptions and employer contribution arising out of the paid challans and submit the combined UPS data to the CRA server on 5th day of every month.
d) For all the successful transaction IDs, an adjustment bill will be automatically generated for transfer of AIS/CCS Officers subscriptions to the UPS pooled PD A/C for each successful transaction ID i.e., from 8342-00-149-13-06-001-001, 27030705001 to 8342-00-149-13-06-001- 002, 27030705001 and will be displayed in the maker login of SNO as per work flow. The PAO shall authorize the claim.
e) After successful adjustment of funds to the UPS pooled PD a/c 8342- 00-149-13-06-001-002, 27030705001 the CFMS server auto generates the cash bill from PD account 8342-00-149-13-06-001-002, 27030705001 and display the same in maker login of SNO as per work flow. The SNO shall approve the bill for payment directly to the Trustee Bank Account through the accredited bank.
f) The NPS Trust confirms successful credit of funds to CRA for each transaction ID and in turn the CRA shall auto-update the status of transaction ID in CRA server and the same will be communicated to the PAO through mail on the next working day.
8. The Director of Treasuries and Accounts is directed to transfer the contributions of the AIS/CCS Officers who are migrated to UPS, for the months December-2025, January-2026 and February-2026 to the HoA 8342-00-149-01- 06-001-001VN, 27030705001 and 8342-00-149-13-06-001-001VN, 27030705001 as the case may be, of the SNO, UPS as their contributions are held with the NPS HoA of the DTA for the above months.
9. The SNO should remit the pending contributions of Members of Service for the months December- 2025, January-2026 and February-2026 held in NPS along with their matching State shares to the respective UPS PRANs by 31.03.2026.
10. The Director of Treasuries and Accounts, Mangalagiri is directed to transfer missing NPS contributions of UPS migrated AIS/CCS Officers held with DTA, Mangalagiri on receipt of the missing credit particulars furnished by UPS State Nodal Officer i.e., PAO, Mangalagiri from time to time.
11. The Pay and Accounts Officer, Mangalagiri, as the State Nodal Officer, shall also undertake all remaining activities viz., generation of PRAN, partial withdrawals, superannuation / death withdrawals, ERM Operations, changes of personal details in PRAN etc., at their end.
12. The CEO, APCFSS shall make the necessary modifications in the CFMS and Nidhi Payroll softwares to enable the aforementioned changes and provide the reports required to the Pay and Accounts Officer, Mangalagiri.
