Himachal Pradesh on Friday became the fourth state of the country to provide Old Pension Scheme (OPS) to the government employees. The Congress government led by chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has gifted the old pension scheme to the 1.36 lakh employees of the state on the occasion of Lohri. The much-awaited first meeting of the cabinet headed by the Chief Minister took place at the state secretariat on Friday in which the first guarantee of the Congress to give OPS was approved. Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Punjab have already given OPS to their employees and now Himachal Pradesh has also announced the same. In Himachal Pradesh, employees will have the choice to choose between OPS and NPS.