Pension shake-up for govt employees! NPS subscribers can now migrate to Unified Pension SchemeNPS subscribers can now switch to the Unified Pension Scheme starting today by visiting the designated online portal. The UPS offers improv...
01 Apr, 2025, 01.10 PM IST
UPS could shake up NPSA new pension scheme may affect the National Pension System (NPS) if central government employees switch to the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS...
26 Aug, 2024, 12.14 AM IST
NPS Lite exit rules revised; what subscribers must knowFresh enrollment under the NPS-Lite Swavalamban plan was discontinued in 2015 after the introduction of the Atal Pension Yojana (APY), with...
27 Jul, 2023, 05.41 PM IST
Let workers port to the NPS as wellWhen more subscribers join, the pool of funds with the NPS will increase, giving fund managers greater flexibility to diversify deployment ...
31 Aug, 2021, 11.18 PM IST
Asset base, subscribers under NPS rising: PFRDAPFRDA Chairman Supratim Bandyopadhyay said that even during the pandemic, there has been a steady growth of subscribers and the contributio...
26 Nov, 2020, 07.20 PM IST
Tax parity for NPS and EPF members is a welcome stepIdeally, savings should be taxed at the time of withdrawal only when the money is not ploughed back into another saving product.
07 Jan, 2017, 10.55 AM IST
No switch yet from EPF to NPS; need govt clarity: PFRDAIn the proposed amendment made by government last year, employees have been given one time option to join NPS in lieu of EPF, which is run ...
28 Jul, 2016, 11.09 AM IST
Why government should not hurt the poor by using unclaimed provident fund money in flagship schemesEPFO must stop the perverse practice of using unclaimed funds or inoperative accounts to top up the paltry returns it generates by investin...
15 Jun, 2016, 10.17 AM IST
Let workers migrate to the New Pension SystemGovernment should remove discriminatory tax treatment of the NPS and harmonise the tax treatment of all long-term savings schemes.
06 Sep, 2013, 08.19 AM IST
More companies should shift employee retirement savings from Employees’ Provident FundAs EPF is mandated for employees with monthly salaries up to Rs 6,500, large cos have given their better-paid employees a choice to join th...
06 Feb, 2013, 02.15 PM IST
Make National Pension System more robust without waiting for passage of the Pensions BillNPS is a sound vehicle for accumulating a corpus for retirement compared to the EPF whose management is opaque & return is sub-optimal.
26 Jul, 2012, 08.06 AM IST
- EPFO fails to manage workers retirement savings, generate reasonable returns
Rturn from NPS was around 11.88% over the last two years against 8.8% on the EPFO. So, workers should have the choice to migrate.
24 Mar, 2012, 04.43 AM IST
- Amend the EPF Act to allow workers to migrate to NPS and earn higher returns
Government should amend the income-tax law to bring the tax treatment on NPS at par with other longterm savings instruments.
08 Dec, 2011, 07.27 AM IST
- Not the right move
A panel led by former Sebi chairman G N Bajpai is right in recommending better financial incentives for distributors of the New Pension Sys...
05 Jul, 2011, 07.59 AM IST
- Improvident fund: Allow voluntary migration to NPS
Amend the law to allow voluntary migration of individual workers from EPFO to NPS.
17 Sep, 2010, 06.02 AM IST
- Allow migration from EPF to NPS
EPFO will reportedly again take up issue of investing in equities.
30 Sep, 2009, 01.39 AM IST
Anti-NPS stance to fadePFRDA Chairman expresses concern over growing "unfunded liability" of govts as NPS funds remain uninvested.
03 Aug, 2007, 03.15 AM IST