<h1>Himachal Pradesh will continue the Old Pension Scheme despite central grant withdrawal, funding obligations from state resources.</h1> The state will continue the Old Pension Scheme and welfare initiatives despite the central withdrawal of the Revenue Deficit Grant, mobilising its own resources to avoid subsidy rollbacks, allowance freezes, or migration to the Unified Pension Scheme; the RDG, provided under Article 275(1), is characterised as essential to bridge a roughly Rs 10,000 crore annual revenue-expenditure gap, and the Chief Minister will seek restoration while opposing claims that fiscal stress stems solely from current administration actions.