పెన్షన్, గ్రాట్యుటీ, GPF, GLI, GIS, లీవ్ ఎన్కాష్మెంట్ ఒకే సిస్టమ్లో NIDHI ద్వారా రిటైర్మెంట్ బెనిఫిట్స్ ఇప్పుడు పూర్తిగా ఆన్లైన్ AP G.O.MS.No.10, dt.14.02.2026, RBPS.
Common Application Form (CAF) ద్వారా అన్ని క్లెయిమ్స్. రిటైర్మెంట్కు 5 నెలల ముందే ఆటో అప్లికేషన్
PRSV – సర్వీస్ వెరిఫికేషన్ 2 సంవత్సరాల ముందే తప్పనిసరి.
డిజిటల్ PPO / GPO / CPO ఆన్లైన్లో జారీ
ఆధార్ eKYC తో సురక్షిత ప్రాసెసింగ్
ఫిక్స్ టైమ్లైన్స్ — ఆలస్యం తగ్గింపు
పోర్టల్ : NIDHI – RBPS సిస్టమ్
అమలు తేదీ: 14-02-2026 నుంచి
రిటైర్మెంట్ బెనిఫిట్స్ ఇకపై వేగంగా – పారదర్శకంగా – ఆన్లైన్లో.
A) OBJECTIVE
The objective of the RBPS is to ensure that all retirement benefits are sanctioned
to the retiring Government employee on/before the dates on which they are due,
through seamless processing of the Common Application Form (CAF) online on
NIDHI.
B) APPLICABILITY
1) Applicable to all Government employees who are governed by the Andhra
Pradesh Revised Pension Rules, 1980 as amended by the Government from
time to time.
2) These orders shall not apply to the persons appointed on full time/part time
contingent basis or on nominal muster rolls/daily wages/consolidated pay or
on full time/part time contract basis or on outsourcing basis, without regard
to the fact whether such appointments are made against substantive vacancies
or not, & irrespective of whether their pay & allowances are drawn from the
Consolidated Fund of the State or not.
C) SCOPE
The online system encompasses the following services.
1) Pre-Retirement Service Verification (PRSV)
2) Through the CAF, the following services are provided.
a) Processing of Pensionary Benefits
i. Service Pension,
ii. Family Pension,
iii. Retirement/ Death Gratuity &
iv. Commuted Value of Pension (CVP)
b) Processing of Other Retirement Benefits
i. Final Withdrawal from Andhra Pradesh General Provident Fund
(APGPF)
ii. Final Claim of Andhra Pradesh Government Life Insurance (APGLI)
iii. Final Claim of Andhra Pradesh State Employees Group Insurance
Scheme (APSEGIS) &
iv. Final Leave Encashment.
D) ONLINE DELIVERY OF SERVICES
1) The services mentioned at Para C above shall be provided only in the online
mode on NIDHI.
2) There shall be no manual processes & physical documents, excepting those
relating to Service Register (SR) till further orders.
3) Online services on NIDHI shall be end to end i.e., from application to the
sanction & disbursal.
4) Intimations & digitized documents shall be provided to all stakeholders on
NIDHI.
E) SERVICE DELIVERY PROCESSES
1) Workflow Configuration
a) The Head of the Office (HoO) shall log into the NIDHI portal, access the
‘Workflow Configuration Service’ and carryout the following actions.
i. Configure at least one person, who is assisting the HoO in
establishment matters pertaining to retirement benefits, as the ‘1
st Level
Checker’. Multiple ‘1
st Level Checkers’ may also be configured if the
matters related to retirement benefits are handled by different
officers/sections for different categories of posts.
ii. In the case where the HoO and Drawing and Disbursing Officer (DDO)
roles are performed by the same person, configure a person that is
assisting in Drawing and Disbursing activities as the “2nd Level
Checker”. Where the HoO and DDO roles are performed by two
different persons, the DDO shall act as the “2nd Level Checker”.
iii. Configure the Sanctioning Authorities as mentioned below, for the
various RBPS services, for the categories of posts in his/her office and
the subordinate offices, as applicable –
1. Where the HoO is the sanctioning authority, configure
himself/herself against such categories of posts.
2. Where another officer in the HoO’s office is the sanctioning
authority, configure that officer against such categories of posts.
iv. Typically, where the HoO concerned is the sanctioning authority for
the applicant in an office, such application shall move from the
Applicant to the HoO upon scrutiny by the ‘1st Level Checker’ and then
the ‘2nd Level Checker’ in that office. Where the sanctioning authority
for the applicant is in a superior office, it shall be forwarded to the
sanctioning authority concerned through the ‘1
st Level Checker’ in that
authority’s office, after processing it in the applicant’s office.
b) The Director State Audit (DSA) shall log into the NIDHI portal, access the
‘Workflow Configuration Service’, and map all the categories of posts for
which DSA is the Pension Authorizing Authority (PAA).
2) Pre-Retirement Service Verification (PRSV)
a) On the 1st week of every month, the ‘1st Level Checker’ shall verify the auto
generated list of Government employees left with two (2) years of service
prior to their superannuation.
b) The ‘1
st Level Checker’ shall verify the Service Registers (SRs) of the
Government employees present in the list and ensure availability of all the
service particulars in the SRs concerned through the following actions.
i. Entry of the missing service particulars, if any, if such particulars pertain
to the service rendered in the present office and
ii. Forwarding the SRs to the Head of Office (HoO) concerned for entry of
the missing service particulars, if such particulars pertain to the service
rendered in a different office where the employee worked earlier. The
HoO of that office shall ensure due entry of such missing service
particulars in the SR and send it back within the time period specified
in these orders.
c) Upon ensuring that the SR of the retiring Government employee is up to
date in all respects, the ‘1
st Level Checker’ shall carefully enter the service
particulars such as details of qualifying service, disciplinary cases,
suspensions, extra-ordinary leave etc., in the PRSV Form (PRSVF), as per
the Service Register (SR), & submit it to the ‘2
nd Level Checker’.
d) The ‘2
nd Level Checker’ shall enter pay related particulars such as pay
revisions, pay fixations, Annual Grade Increments, Automatic
Advancement, Step-up, Step-down etc., and forward it to the HoO.
e) Where the HoO is the PSA, he/she shall validate the data of PRSVF and
forward it to the PAA viz. the Accountant General, A.P. or the Director of
State Audit, as the case may be.
f) Where the HoO is not the PSA, he/she shall validate the data of PRSVF
and forward it to the ‘1st Level Checker’ in the PSA’s office who shall
validate the data and forward it to the PSA concerned.
g) The PSA shall validate the data and forward the PRSVF to the PAA
concerned.
h) The PAA shall validate the data of PRSVF and certify the same. The
physical SR shall be returned to the PSA.
i) At each level, verification of the PRSVF data shall be as per the physical SR
made available for scrutiny, and as per the relevant rules and executive
instructions in force.
j) The PRSV process is mandatory for the employees retiring after two years
from the date of issue of these orders. Until such time, the pension proposals
shall be processed in NIDHI without insisting upon PRSV.
3) Initiation of Common Application Form (CAF)
a) If the employee is retiring on attaining the age of superannuation:
i. The CAF shall be auto-generated and placed in the employee’s login in
NIDHI.
ii. The employee shall verify the details, update & submit it within the
prescribed timeline.
iii. If the particulars in the CAF are incorrect, then the employee shall make
the change request in the Employee Self Services (ESS) module in NIDHI
& upon correction of the data concerned, verify and then submit the CAF.
b) If the employee is retiring for reasons other than superannuation:
i. Upon entry of the exit details of the employee in the NIDHI payroll system
and also uploading the retirement order concerned, the CAF shall be auto
generated and made available in the login of the retiring employee.
ii. The employee shall fill the details in the CAF as required, duly upload the
documents as required and submit it within the prescribed timeline.
c) In the event of death of the employee while in service:
i. If the applicant is declared as a family member/nominee by the deceased
employee while in service, he/she can initiate the CAF with Aadhaar
eKYC based account creation service in NIDHI. Alternatively, family
member/nominee can approach the HoO of the employee’s last working
station for initiation and submission of CAF.
ii. If the applicant is not declared as a family member/nominee by the
employee while in service, such applicant may approach the HoO of the
employee’s last working station, with the family member certificate issued
by a competent authority, for initiation and submission of the CAF.
d) Conversion of Service Pension to Family Pension:
i. If the name of the applicant is endorsed in the Pension Payment Order
(PPO), he/she can initiate the application with Aadhaar eKYC based
account creation service in NIDHI. Alternatively, the applicant can
approach the Pension Disbursing Officer (PDO) concerned for conversion.
ii. If the name of the applicant is not endorsed in the Pension Payment Order
(PPO), then the applicant has to approach the Pension Sanctioning
Authority (PSA) concerned and apply for family pension as per applicable
rules.
4) Processing of Pensionary Benefits in CAF
a) Upon receiving the pension proposal created as part of CAF, the ‘1st Level
Checker’ shall enter the service particulars and details of disciplinary cases
and forward the proposal to the ‘2nd Level Checker’.
b) The ‘2nd Level Checker’ shall enter/update the pay particulars and
recoveries, if any, in the pension proposal as per the SR and then forward
it to the HoO concerned. Last Pay Certificate (LPC) shall be available as