Income Tax : The Income Tax Department has explained the tax treatment of gratuity, pension, leave encashment, provident funds, NPS, and retire...
Finance : mployers are increasingly migrating retirement savings from superannuation trusts to NPS due to lower costs, greater flexibility, ...
Income Tax : The issue is understanding complex NPS rules, tax benefits, and recent updates. The framework clarifies withdrawal flexibility, ta...
Corporate Law : The case highlights NPS as one of the few deductions available in the new tax regime. Employer contributions remain fully deductib...
Income Tax : Even under the new tax regime, employer contributions to NPS remain deductible under Section 80CCD(2). This reduces taxable income...
Corporate Law : Draft rules seek to bring petrol, gas, and hydrogen dispensers under approved testing centres. The key takeaway is enhanced regula...
Corporate Law : The Finance Ministry approved the extension of LC75 and Balanced Life Cycle (BLC) investment options to Central Government NPS/UPS...
Corporate Law : PFRDA consults on adopting dual valuation (Accrual/MTM) for Government Securities in NPS/APY schemes to stabilize NAV, reduce inte...
Finance : PFRDA rationalizes NPS Auto Choice and Life Cycle Fund names to align with actual equity and risk profiles. Funds are now Common S...
Corporate Law : PFRDA releases an exposure draft proposing amendments to NPS regulations, focusing on increased flexibility for exits, withdrawals...
Corporate Law : PFRDA has introduced the StAR NPS platform to enable a fully digital and assisted onboarding process for NPS subscribers. The fram...
Corporate Law : The authority clarified AMC alignment between Tier I and Tier II accounts to ensure uniformity. It also exempted low-balance accou...
Corporate Law : The issue involved enhancing the existing NPS Swasthya scheme. The circular introduces PoC 2 with revised features to improve flex...
Corporate Law : Revised guidelines require Points of Presence to compensate subscribers for service delays or operational failures without waiting...
Corporate Law : PFRDA clarified that the NPS Vatsalya Scheme Guidelines 2025 take effect from 23 February 2026. The circular also directs stakehol...
Central Record Keeping Agencies (CRAs) have been appointed by PFRDA to provide system level functionalities as per the evolving needs of NPS stakeholders in accordance with Sec 21 of PFRDA Act 2013.
Articled explains about Public Provident Fund (PPF) and National Pension Scheme (NPS) stating Key Features, Who can invest in PPF & NPS, Maturity period, Investment limit, Tax benefits, Premature /Partial withdrawal, Mode of Investment, Returns and Risk. Key Features Public Provident Fund (PPF) National Pension Scheme (NPS) Who can invest? Any Indian resident (except HUF […]
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 […]
♦ What is NPS? It stands for National Pension System. NPS is regulated by PFRDA, with transparent investment norms and regular monitoring and performance review of fund managers by NPS Trust. Subscribers can choose their own investment options and pension fund and see their money grow. ♦ Investment Choices Available in NPS: NPS offers you […]
NPS Registration using PAN (KYC verification by Bank/Non-Bank POP) 1. You must have a ‘Permanent Account Number’ (PAN) 2. Bank / Demat /Folio account details with the impaneled Bank/Non-Bank for KYC verification for subscriber registration through eNPS 3. Your KYC verification will be done by the Bank/Non-Bank POP selected by you during the registration process. […]
Tax on income out of excess employer contribution to specified funds – Computation methodology prescribed The Finance Act 2020 introduced a new provision under the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act) by virtue of which employer contribution exceeding Rs. 7.5 lakhs p.a. (i.e. excess contribution) in aggregate to the following funds is now taxable in the […]
Transfer of Legacy Funds of NPS Subscribers of Government Sectors (SGs/ CABs/ SABs) pursuant to opening of choice of Investment schemes and Pension Funds- reg.
D Remit or Direct Remittance offers the most convenient mode of depositing voluntary contributions into NPS which also optimizes the long term retirement wealth creation by offering same day NAV. Through D Remit, not only one time contributions can be made but also periodic NPS contributions can be automated for any defined amount and for any defined date from the Subscribers bank account.
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 […]
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).
