"While raising the state issue CM Sukhu the Centre urged not to reduce the previous year's deposit of Rs 1,779 crore under NPS to the borrowing ceiling of the current financial year which is 2023-24 and also to review the decision taken on March 27, 2023," the release said.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel in a pre-budget meeting in the national capital on Friday asked the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to return the National Pension Scheme (NPS) amount and said that the state's share will be deposited in a separate fund.
CM Baghel said that the state government restored the old pension scheme in Chhattisgarh for securing the future of government employees and their families. He added that Rs 17240 crore deposited with NSDL till March 31 should be returned so that it can be put in the General Provident Fund o