The detailed guidelines, eligibility situations, operational pointers and implementation procedures for TAPS shall be notified individually by the Authorities, the order mentioned.
The Tamil Nadu Finance Division on Friday issued an order for the implementation of its new pension scheme, the Tamil Nadu Assured Pension Scheme (TAPS).
“The Tamil Nadu Assured Pension Scheme shall come into impact from 01. 01. 2026, and will probably be operational after notification of the principles, completion of vital statutory and accounting necessities,” the order mentioned.
The detailed guidelines, eligibility situations, operational pointers and implementation procedures for TAPS shall be notified individually by the Authorities, it added.
TAPS will probably be obligatory for all eligible Authorities staff who enter the service from January 1, 2026.
All eligible Authorities staff who’re ruled by the present Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) and who retire on or after January 1, 2026, shall be coated beneath TAPS, topic to the principles to be notified.
Equally, all Authorities staff who have been in service earlier than January 1, 2026, and have been coated beneath CPS will probably be supplied an possibility on the time of retirement to decide on between the advantages beneath TAPS or these equal to what they might have acquired beneath CPS.
Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin introduced the implementation of TAPS on January 3 beneath which State authorities staff will probably be supplied with an assured pension equal to 50 per cent of their last-drawn fundamental pay and dearness allowance. Nonetheless, they are going to be contributing 10 per cent of their fundamental pay to the pension fund beneath TAPS. The extra fund requirement wanted to supply the assured pension will probably be borne by the State authorities.
Revealed on January 10, 2026
