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1. INTRODUCTION A. Regulation 9 (3) (a) of the PFRDA (Pension Fund) Regulations, 2015, as subsequent amendments thereto reads that “a certificate of registration granted to a pension fund shall remain valid unless suspended or cancelled by the Authority”. B. Accordingly, these guidelines are being issued with the objective of opening ‘on tap’ registration of […]
National Pension System (NPS) is still not very popular amongst individual assessees for the simple reason that people are not familiar with the advantages of NPS. It is one of the best way of saving, steady returns & Income Tax benefits.
(1) These rules may be called the Central Civil Services (Payment of Gratuity under National Pension System) Rules, 2021. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
It has been decided to increase the entry age of NPS in the interest of Subscribers and benefit them with the opportunity of creating a long term sustainable pension wealth. The existing age of entry which is 18-65 years has been revised to 18-70 years.
Once KYC Identifier is generated by CKYCR, PoPs shall ensure that the same is communicated in writing and in confidential manner to the subscribers in accordance with Rule 9 (1B) of the Prevention of Money-Laundering (Maintenance of Records) Rules, 2005 as amended;
Under National Pension System (NPS), the Subscribers are allowed to exit as per PFRDA (Exit and Withdrawal) Regulations. Exit regulations of PFRDA mandates for the utilization of the specified amount of accumulated corpus to purchase immediate Annuity to be provided by Annuity Service Providers (ASP) which are empaneled with PFRDA. ASPs are Life Insurance Companies which are regulated by Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI).
Growing Subscribers’ base, geographically wide spread service providers and the large-scale adoption of digital interventions necessitate the importance of verifying the beneficiary’s bank account number of the Subscribers independently not only to ensure that the amount is received by the rightful beneficiary whose Bank Account is active but also to ensure that amount is remitted within in the specified timelines.
In order to overcome the challenges of physical handling of Subscriber application forms and for addressing the concerns expressed by various stake holders in dispatch of those forms from geographically diverse locations to CRAs, PFRDA has already made available suitable digital enablers for seamless interaction of POPs and CRAs, for the convenience of Subscribers.
Covid induced hardships continue unabated and in order to alleviate the difficulties being faced by the Subscribers in submitting physical applications for exit/withdrawal and the logistical challenges faced by POPs in collecting those applications to process and dispatch the same to CRA, it has been decided to relax the process of handling withdrawal applications by POPs in in the interest of Subscribers.
NPS (National Pension System) : Tax provisions on investment & Withdrawal Investment Deduction: –Section 80CCD (1): Employee Contribution up to Rs. 1.5 lac under Sec 80CCE -Section 80CCD (1B): Employee Contribution Rs. 50,000 over and above the deduction of Rs. 1.5 lakh -Section 80CCD (2): Employer Contribution up to 10% of salary (Basic + DA), without any monetary limit Withdrawal […]
