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 : The 2025 amendments scrap key lock-ins and vesting conditions, allowing earlier and more flexible exits. The ruling links withdraw...
Income Tax : Learn about the tax treatment of key retirement benefits in India, including gratuity, pension, leave encashment, provident fund, ...
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 : 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...
Corporate Law : The regulator notified comprehensive 2025 guidelines to govern NPS Vatsalya, detailing eligibility, contributions, investments, an...
Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has now permitted Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) to enroll in National Pension Scheme (NPS) at par with Non-Resident Indians vide Circular No: PFRDA/2019/19/PDES/3 dated 29th October 2019.
National Pension Scheme (NPS): National Pension Scheme is pension scheme launched by the government of India to provide the old age security to citizens of India. It brings an attractive long-term saving avenue to effectively plan your retirement through safe and regulated market- based return. Under NPS scheme all citizens can invest, whether he is […]
The features and benefits under National Pension System (NPS) and the old pension scheme are independent. Under NPS, there is a provision for voluntary retirement/exit prior to the age of superannuation, without linking it with the minimum number of 20 years of service.
Q. 1 When can a subscriber withdraw from National Pension Scheme (NPS)? Is it possible to exit from NPS before attaining the age of 60 or superannuation? Ans. Withdrawal from NPS can be: 1. On attaining the age of 60 or superannuation; 2. Before attaining the age of superannuation or 60 (Pre-mature exit), provided the subscriber […]
(i) Under the existing provisions of section 10 of the Act, any payment from the NPS Trust to an assessee on closure of his account or on his opting out of the pension scheme, to the extent it does not exceed forty per cent of the total amount payable to him at the time of […]
What is National Pension Scheme (NPS)? National Pension Scheme (NPS) was initially launched in January 2004 for government employees but then in 2009, it was made available to every citizen of India whether resident or non-resident aged between 18-60 years. NPS allows you to contribute regularly in a pension account during their working life. On […]
The NRI diaspora often looks for the best investment opportunities in India. It probes about what, when, where, how and how many lingering benefits, such as return on investment, it brings along with. Certainly, the NRIs thoughts stick around tax reduction and income through interest. This article is enriched with some wise tax saving and […]
The Union Cabinet in its Meeting on 6th December, 2018 has approved the following proposal for streamlining the National Pension System (NPS). Enhancement of the mandatory contribution by the Central Government for its employees covered under NPS Tier-I from the existing 10% to 14%.
We have already discussed the withdrawal facility for three major retirement products- Employee Provident Fund (EPF), Public Provident Fund (PPF) and National Pension System (NPS) in previous articles. Now it is logical to understand and discuss the tax implications for such withdrawals.
After having discussed the withdrawal rules for National Pension System (NPS) last week, this let us discuss income tax benefits available for contributions made by you to your NPS account. Though you can open Tier I and Tier II account under the NPS, the tax benefits are available only in respect of contributions made to […]
