{"license":"Free to use with attribution to Vaada Meter (license terms to be finalised)","methodVersion":"1.0","generatedAt":"2026-10-05T09:25:49.832Z","data":{"id":"inc-ka-2023-011","text":"Sympathetically consider extending the Old Pension Scheme to employees who joined after 2006","quote":"To Sympathetically consider extension of OPS to the pensionable government employees who joined service since 2006","quoteIsExact":true,"quoteLanguage":"en","quoteEnglish":null,"page":7,"sector":"governance","measurability":"directional","importance":"major","deadline":"2028-05-20","deadlineType":"implied","status":"in_progress","rating":4,"ratingRule":"in_progress","provisional":true,"confidence":"medium","reason":"A December 2023 notification moved about 13,000 employees recruited through pre-April 2006 notifications to the OPS; the remaining NPS staff were not covered. In September 2026 the Deputy CM said the government had decided to scrap the NPS and bring back the OPS soon, with no order yet. Provisional rating.","evidence":[{"date":"2024-01-25","sourceType":"news","publisher":"The South First","title":"Karnataka government plan to restore old pension scheme for 13,000 employees irks 2.5 lakh colleagues","url":"https://thesouthfirst.com/karnataka/karnataka-government-plan-to-restore-old-pension-scheme-for-13000-employees-irks-2-5-lakh-colleagues/","quote":"The government is yet to serve justice for 2.5 lakh employees.","stance":"supports"},{"date":"2026-09-05","sourceType":"news","publisher":"ThePrint (PTI)","title":"Karnataka govt to scrap NPS, reintroduce OPS soon: Parameshwara","url":"https://theprint.in/india/karnataka-govt-to-scrap-nps-reintroduce-ops-soon-parameshwara/3034836/","quote":"The government has taken an important decision to scrap the NPS and implement the OPS soon.","stance":"supports"}],"tags":["pension","ops"],"sensitive":false,"review":{"state":"ai_draft","draftedBy":"research-agent","draftedAt":"2026-10-05","reviewedBy":null,"approvedBy":null},"manifestoId":"inc-ka-2023","partyId":"inc","electionId":"ka-2023"}}