Friday, November 14, 2014

Comparison of New Pension Scheme (National Pension Scheme) and Central Government Pension


Comparison of New Pension Scheme (National Pension Scheme) and Central Government Pension

Comparison of New Pension Scheme (National Pension Scheme) and Central Government Pension

The Central Government employees who have joined after 1/1/2004 and are put under National Pension Scheme(NPS)  have been demanding abolition of NPS and have been persuading the Central Government to make the government pension scheme applicable to them.

This only exhibits their ignorance of the fact that the New Pension Scheme is highly lucrative and make the government employees who joined after 1/1/2004 far richer than the government employees who enjoy government pension scheme.  By doing so they are in the process of ruining the great fortunes that lies in store under New Pension Scheme. Let me compare both the scheme:

Benefits under NPS

Let me take a case of Upper Division Clerk(UDC) who joins government service in 2014 at the age of 25  and renders 35 years  of service till attaining 60 years of age. He / She gets 3% annual increment every year and gets one promotion every 10 year under M.A.C.P.  Although he / she is likely to get 14 to 20% increase in D.A every year as per Consumer Price Index I just take 12%(assuming 6 + 6%) 2 times D.A in a year

YEAR D.A. assumed @12% Per
annum
PAY + GRADEPAY with 3% annual increment D.A TOTAL TotalMonthly Subscription
(employee and Govt)
AnnualSubscription Annual Appreciationof Investments @8.7% Only TOTALPENSION WEALTH
2014
107%
9910
10604
20514
4102
49224
2320
51,544
2015
119%
10210
12150
22360
4471
53652
7012
1,12,208
2016
131%
10520
13781
24301
4860
58320
 12511
 183039
2017
143%
10840
15501
26341
5268
63216
 18903
 265158
2018
155%
11170
17314
28484
5696
68352
 26290
 359800
2019
167%
11510
19222
30732
6146
73752
 34779
 468331
2020
179%
11860
21229
33089
6618
79416
 44487
 592234
2021
191%
12220
23340
35560
7112
85344
 55546
 733124
2022
203%
12590
25558
38148
7630
91560
 68097
 892781
2023
215%
12970
27886
40856
8172
98064
 82293
 1073138
2024*
227%
14130
32075
46205
9240
110880
 98589
 1282607
2025
239%
14560
34798
49358
9872
118464
 117170
 1518241
2026
251%
15000
37650
52650
10530
126360
 138041
 1782642
2027
263%
15450
40634
56084
11216
134592
 161433
 2078667
2028
275%
15920
43780
59700
11940
143280
 187596
 2409543
2029
287%
16400
47068
63468
12694
152328
 216809
 2778680
2030
299%
16900
50531
67431
13486
161832
 249371
 3189883
2031
311%
17410
54145
71555
14312
171744
 285614
 3647241
2032
323%
17940
57946
75886
15178
182136
 325893
 4155270
2033
335%
18480
61908
80388
16078
192936
 370601
 4718807
2034*
347%
21060
73078
94138
18828
225936
 421184
 5365927
2035
359%
21700
77903
99603
19920
239040
 478101
 6083068
2036
371%
22360
82956
105316
21064
252768
 541139
 6876975
2037
383%
23030
88205
111235
22248
266976
 610878
 7754829
2038
395%
23730
93734
117464
23492
281904
 687954
 8724687
2039
407%
24450
99512
123962
24792
297504
 773068
 9795259
2040
419%
25190
105546
130736
26148
313776
 866975
 10976010
2041
431%
25950
111845
137795
27560
330720
 970498
 12277228
2042
443%
26730
118414
145144
29028
348336
 1084535
 13710099
2043
455%
27540
125307
152847
30570
366840
 1210066
 15287005
2044*
467%
29640
138419
168059
33612
403344
 1348977
 17039326
2045
479%
30530
146239
176769
35354
424248
 1501283
 18940857
2046
491%
31450
154420
185870
37174
446088
 1668876
 21055821
2047
503%
32400
162972
195372
39074
468888
 1853953
 23378662
2048
515%
33380
171907
205287
41058
492696
 2057162
 25928520
2049
527%
34390
181235
215625
43126
517512
 2280169

 28726201

* MACP / Promotion Years

(A) Therefore, the total pension wealth of a government servant who joined in 2014 and retiring under New Pension Scheme shall at the time of his retirement be Rs. 2,87,26,201/-

(B) 60% of the lump-sum pension wealth which he / she will be  getting on retirement:
Rs.1,72,35.720

(C) 40%   invested in an annuity scheme  which he / she can receive before 70 years:
Rs.1,14,90,481

(D) Earned Leave Encashment:  Rs. 215625 x 10 months        : Rs.   21,56,250

TOTAL of (A) (B) (C) and (D) will be            Rs. 3,08,82,451

Death Gratuity:

Although not entitled for retirement gratuity, but eligible for Death Gratuity  If died during the service

Monthly Pension:

At the assumed Interest at the rate of 8.7% per annum on  the other 40%  of pension wealth of Rs.1,14,90,481  invested in annuity shall fetch

monthly pension of  at least  :            Rs.83,306/ –

Not only this, before he / she attains the age of 70 he / she can withdraw the remaining  40% of his pension wealth of Rs. 1,14,90,481/- which if invested in Fixed Deposit of a nationalised bank can fetch interest and take care of not only of his wife and children but his descendants also for generations to come.
This is just a tip of the iceberg. If we consider the other  4 pay commission benefits that materialize on 1/1/2016, 1/1/2026, 1/1/2036 and 1/1/2046 which a NPS pensioner who joins as UDC shall be getting  before his retirement in 2049,his total pension wealth will be undoubtedly double the above amount which comes to more than Rs.5 crores. While a person who joins as U.D.C. gets this much, one will be rocked out of stupor to know what a Group A officer who renders 35 years of service may get – undoubtedly his total pensionwealth will be more than Rs.10 crores.

Benefits under Central Government Pension Scheme

Now let us see what will be the retirement benefits of the above person if he / she is put in government pension scheme:

1.Gratuity for 16.5 months :

Rs.2,15,625 x 16.5 months = Rs.35,57,812/- Restricted to  Rs.10,00,000

2. Earned Leave Encashment:

Rs. 215625 x 10 months :     Rs.21,56,250

3. Pension Commutation:

Rs.17195 x 40% = Rs.6878 x 12 x  8.194 years   Rs  6,76,300

Total Benefits under Central Government Pension Scheme:         Rs.38,32,550

4. GPF Balance:

As it is a general tendency of the government servants to withdraw from GPF frequently, there will be very little left at the time of retirement

5. Monthly pension

i) Rs.34390 / 2    =  Rs.17195 (basic pension being 50% of pay and grade pay Less 40% of basic pension towards commutation (Rs 6878) which will be restored after 15 years

Balance basic pension       is Rs. 10317

ii) DA @ 527% of basic pension of Rs.17195  = Rs. 90617 (subject to increase in DA every 6 months based on consumer price index)

Total pension                        is Rs.1,00,934 per month.

After the death of government servant  say after 67 years, spouse can take only 60% of the basic pension i.e.Rs.17195 x 60% = Rs.10317 plus D.A.at the prevailing rates. After spouse’s death children are unlikely to draw the pension as they would have already crossed the age limit.  Thus, unlike the dependents of NPS pensioners, there will be nothing left for financial security  of the dependents of the government pensioners .
Thus it is unwise on the part of government servants who have joined after 1/1/2004 to demand for abolition of NPS scheme and grant of government pension.

Mr.M.Dorai
Deputy Director
ESIC Model Hospital,
Bangalore (Ministry of Labour, Government of India) is the author of this Article.

Source: http://www.gconnect.in

2 comments:

EXCELLENT ARTICLE BY MR.M.DORAI. AS RIGHTLY POINTED OUT GOVERNMENT PENSIONERS RETIREMENT BENEFITS ARE COMPARATIVELY LESSER THAN THE RETIREMENT BENEFITS OF NPS PENSIONERS. THE ARTICLE SHOWS AN AMAZING DIFFERENCE IN CRORES BETWEEN THE TWO KIND OF PENSIONERS. BUT IT IS A BITTER TRUTH. THE 50% EQUAL CONTRIBUTION OF THE GOVENMENT, THE RESTRICTIONS ON WITHDRAWAL FROM NPS TIER 1 TILL RETIREMENT, AND THE ACCUMULATING CUMULATIVE INTEREST ON INVESTMENTS AND THE INTERESTS ADDED ON YEARLY CLOSING BALANCE UNDOUBTEDLY RESULTS IN SUCH HUGE NPS PENSION WEALTH.
SRIVATSAVA K.

SIR,
CAN YOU SHOW THIS ARTICLE FULLY.

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