Fema / RBI : The issue concerns delays in pension credit caused by banks. The guidelines mandate 8% interest compensation for such delays. The ...
Finance : An overview of the NPS Tier I/II accounts, fund choices, eligibility, and withdrawal rules. Covers the 40% mandatory annuity purch...
Corporate Law : Learn about the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) for Central Govt employees under NPS. Check eligibility, contribution details, assure...
CA, CS, CMA : Deduction under Section 80CCD(2) is allowed in the 115BAC regime for employer NPS contributions, with limits based on type of empl...
Finance : Compare UPS, NPS, and OPS pension schemes. Understand their features, benefits, drawbacks, and eligibility criteria to choose the ...
Corporate Law : PFRDA has issued a public notice cautioning investors about an unregistered website and mobile app offering high-return schemes. T...
Corporate Law : The guidelines prescribe a structured process for sponsor selection and pension fund registration. The key takeaway is that only f...
Corporate Law : Regulators have opened the door for banks to independently set up pension funds under strict eligibility norms. The move is aimed ...
Corporate Law : PFRDA consults on adopting dual valuation (Accrual/MTM) for Government Securities in NPS/APY schemes to stabilize NAV, reduce inte...
Corporate Law : PFRDA releases an exposure draft proposing amendments to NPS regulations, focusing on increased flexibility for exits, withdrawals...
Income Tax : ITAT Ahmedabad held that PFRDA Act, 2013 doesn’t prescribed any due date for payment of employee’s contribution to National Pe...
Income Tax : In the case of G.K. Reddy vs. DCIT, Madras High Court has directed the Income Tax Department to lift the attachment of a pension a...
Corporate Law : PFRDA has introduced NPS Sanchay as a simplified National Pension System variant aimed at expanding pension coverage for India’s...
Corporate Law : The government clarified that employees under the Unified Pension Scheme are eligible for Fixed Medical Allowance. The key takeawa...
Corporate Law : The circular allows PoPs to engage new categories like professionals, fintechs, and rural agents as Pension Agents. The key takeaw...
Finance : PFRDA has revised the charge structure for Points of Presence under NPS schemes, introducing onboarding and AUM-based annual charg...
Corporate Law : The regulator has introduced new operational guidelines for PoPs handling NPS-Lite to enhance accountability, service standards, a...
The union budget will be presented on 1st February so I thought of making some suggestions to remove some anomalies and inequalities in the Income Tax Act provisions to make the NPS system fair and little better for everyone. Here are my suggestions. Uniformities of tax treatment of retirement corpus of Tier I of NPS […]
With the globalization of Indian economy and increase in development of international trade the movement of workers across the world has also been increased. Social security is an important aspect while structuring the international assignments for the employees. Any social security benefit payable in the host country may become an added cost to the employer, […]
PFRDA offers NPS Subscribers comprehensive and digitally enabled solutions for their diverse needs viz. on-boarding, servicing, exit and facilitating issuance of annuity as per their choice, through its registered intermediaries and empanelled Annuity Service Providers (ASPs).
To create a retirement corpus one of the secured way is National Pension Scheme (NPS). Resident as well as Non- Resident can open this account. Do you want to know how to start contributing to NPS without going anywhere physically? Let’s find the answer below. There is an eNPS facility which you can use to […]
NATIONAL PENSION SYSTEM (N.P.S.) BACKGROUND The National Pension System is a defined contribution scheme launched by Pension Fund Regulatory & Development Authority (P.F.R.D.A) in 2004 for government employees & subsequently in 2009 for all citizen. The eligible subscribers are allotted a 12 digit unique Permanent Retirement Account Number (P.R.A.N) on registration with N.P.S. MODELS UNDER […]
Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has appointed Shri Arnab Roy as Stipendiary Ombudsman in terms of PFRDA (Redressal of Subscriber Grievance) Regulations, 2015 for resolving NPS/APY subscriber grievances.
Before we discuss the taxation rules for Tier II account under NPS let me briefly touch upon the types of accounts under NPS. One can have two type of account under NPS. First is the Tier I account which is the main account and is also called pension account. The second is called Tier II […]
NPS is a government-sponsored pension scheme. It was launched in January 2004 for government employees. However, in 2009, it was opened to all sections. The scheme allows subscribers to contribute regularly in a pension account during their working life. On retirement, subscribers can withdraw a part of the corpus in a lump sum and use the remaining […]
A person can open two accounts under National Pension System (NPS). The main account is called Tier I account and an additional account is labelled as Tier II account. Let us understand about both of these accounts. Features of Tier I NPS account: Tier I is the default and proper pension account under NPS. This […]
On 18th August 2020, the Central Board of Direct Taxes has issued a list of guidelines that prescribe conditions for the pension funds in India to take the benefit of income tax exemptions vide Notification No. 67/2020-Income Tax/[G.S.R. 508(E)] dated-17/08/2020. The announcement comes after a July notification related to Draft Proposed Pension Fund Rules 2020 that intends […]
