On January 03, 2026, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin announced the Tamil Nadu Pension Scheme for government employees, under which they will receive 50% of their last drawn pay as pension. Under the Tamil Nadu Assured Pension Scheme (TAPS), employees will receive 50% of their last drawn pay as pension, with employees contributing 10% of their basic pay to the pension fund and the government bearing the remaining fund.
Meanwhile, the Central Government has announced a new scheme called the Unified Pension Scheme. However, government employees and teachers have been consistently demanding the implementation of the Old Pension Scheme instead. In connection with this demand, they have conducted several protests in the past.
At that time, the DMK had promised to fulfil the demand of government employees. Accordingly, in the last election, the DMK promised in its manifesto to fulfil this demand. In February, related to the pension scheme, the government appointed a committee headed by senior IAS officer Gagandeep Singh Bedi, along with three other officers, and asked them to submit a report by the end of December. The committee submitted its report on December 30, 2025.