<h1>Government Yet to Compare National Pension System with Old Defined Benefit Scheme, Reports Union Finance Minister.</h1> The government has not conducted a comparative study to assess the effectiveness of the National Pension System (NPS) against the old defined benefit scheme. The NPS was introduced in 2003 to address pension obligations sustainably, involving contributions from both employees and the government, with regulated investment of funds. The annual compounded returns for the Central Government Sector under the NPS since its inception on April 1, 2008, have been reported as follows: 12.02% (2008-09), 12.06% (2009-10), 10.72% (2010-11), 9.41% (2011-12), 9.99% (2012-13), and 9.11% (2013-14). This information was provided by the Union Minister of Finance in a Lok Sabha session.