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TMI BlogAssets Under Management (AUM) of National Pension System (NPS) cross RS. 1 Lac CroreX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Assets Under Management (AUM) of National Pension System (NPS) cross RS. 1 Lac Crore - News and Press Release Dated:- 9-10-2015 - News - NPS has been implemented for all Government Employees (except armed forces) joining Central Govt. on or after 01 January 2004. Most of the State/UT Governments have also notified the National Pension System (NPS) for their new employees. NPS has been made avai ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... lable to every Indian Citizen from 01st May 2009 on a voluntary basis. Further, from 1st June 2015, the Atal Pension Yojana has been launched which has given the much required impetus to the social security schemes. Currently, NPS and APY together have more than One Crore subscribers with total Assets Under Management (AUM) of ₹ 1,00,275 crores. The segment wise status of the NPS and APY as ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... on 03.10.2015 is as under: Segment No. of Subscribers Asset under Management (Rs. Cr.) Central Government 15,71,136 42,381 State Governments 27,74,459 47,974 NPS-Private Sector 5,24,143 7,943 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... NPS-Lite/Swavalamban 44,67,733 1,865 Atal Pension Yojana (APY) 7,94,467 112 Total 1,01,31,938 1,00,275 Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has taken various steps at the policy as well as operati ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... onal levels to make NPS more subscriber friendly. In addition to this additional tax benefits made available exclusively to NPS has given a fillip to the scheme. This is further expected to result into a substantial increase in the subscriber base by end March 2016. The following steps have been taken in the recent past for the convenience of the subscriber: The investment guidelines fo ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... r NPS have been revised to expand the investment avenues for optimisation of the returns. Partial withdrawal upto 25% of subscriber s own contribution for specific purposes like higher education of children, marriage of children, construction of house and specified illness have been allowed to the NPS subscribers after completion of 10 years in NPS. NPS Private Sector subscribers can continu ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e contributing beyond 60 years upto 70 years of age. NPS Subscriber can defer the withdrawal of lumpsum amount upto the age of 70 years and also have the option to defer purchase of annuity upto 3 years from the date of superannuation or 60 years. The funds during this period remain invested in the system. The Statement of Transactions (SOT) being sent by CRA to the existing subscribers ha ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... s been modified to reflect the returns of the individual subscriber since the date of account opening and also the return generated during the last financial year. To facilitate and operationalize the deposit of additional contribution of ₹ 50,000/- to avail of the additional tax benefit under Section 80 CCD(1B), Government Subscribers already covered under NPS have been provided the f ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... acility to deposit voluntary contributions in their Tier I account through any POP-SP. Government employee covered under old pension scheme can also avail this tax benefit by opening individual Tier I account through any POP-SP and contributing to the same. Online reset of password and facility to change mobile no. and email Id have been provided to all the NPS subscribers. SMS alerts on b ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... alances in the NPS account being sent to the subscribers on quarterly basis, in addition to regular monthly alerts on contribution and other changes in the PRAN. APY scheme provides minimum Govt guaranteed monthly pension to subscribers ranging from ₹ 1000 to ₹ 5000. Further, Govt. of India also co-contributes 50% of the total contribution made by a subscriber during a financial y ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ear subject to maximum of ₹ 1,000/- per annum for a period of five years, if eligible subscribers open the account by 31st December 2015. All Indian Citizens, in the age group of 18-40 years are eligible to join the scheme through any bank branch. About 8 lakh subscribers have joined APY till date. - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - ta ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... xmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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