For a long-term goal like retirement, NPS subscribers should ideally opt for an equity-heavy portfolio
The NPS has offered higher returns so far than other schemes
NPS is within reach of becoming a compelling choice for every Indian investor
NPS is the only scheme without any rupee value limit (the limit is a percentage of salary and not a specific rupee value) on the deduction
The equity exposure for the NPS subscribers from other than the government sector was increased to 75 per cent three years ago
While PFRDA will now allow investors to alter their investment choices four times in a financial year, tinkering too frequently may not be advisable except in volatile market conditions
Currently, the subscribers under the NPS scheme are allowed to change the investment pattern twice in a financial year
In fact, you need to be more diligent if you're over 50 as there is a higher risk of losing your job, and in any case you have less than a decade to build a nest egg
PFRDA Chairman Supratim Bandyopadhyay on Monday said pension product NPS has generated good returns for the subscribers over the last 12 years, and one must start early to reap the benefits of the product, which is very flexible in nature. "Over a period of 12 years, the returns under equity schemes are more than 12 per cent, and in government securities, it was close to 9.9 per cent, and in corporate bonds, despite some credit events that we have seen, we have seen a CAGR of more than 9.59 per cent. Fortunately, our pension fund assets were, to a great extent, protected from post-credit events. "Currently, we are sitting on a total corpus of about Rs 6.85 trillion. The returns have been quite good," Bandyopadhyay said while speaking at CII Insurance & Pensions Summit on 'Indian Insurance Sector Riding the Wave of Change'. NPS gives a lot of flexibility, but the only thing is that a person has to start early, said the chairman of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development ...
The data, also called net payroll data, was higher in each of the first four months of the current financial year than the average monthly figure of previous years
Investment advisors are not comfortable with the idea of a retirement product like NPS investing in IPOs
NPS subscriber numbers have swelled over the years with 7.41 mn govt employees and 2.84 mn joining from non-govt
Mulls raising threshold to Rs 5 lakh from current Rs 2 lakh for exemption from annuity requirement, hiking maximum age to 70 yrs from 65 yrs for NPS entry, a minimum guaranteed product, on-tap license
The number of subscribers under government-run pension schemes NPS and APY rose nearly 22 per cent to 4.05 crore at January-end this year, according to data from PFRDA.
Even as NPS has a robust architecture, there is a gap between demand and supply side in the Indian pensions market, NCAER said in a release on Thursday, citing the key takeaways from the discussion
Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) on Thursday said it expects to finalise the assured return product under the National Pension System (NPS) by the end of this fiscal
The total assets under management of the National Pension System and Atal Pension Yojana have crossed Rs 5 trillion, regulator PFRDA said on Thursday
While this will help investors become more disciplined in saving for their retirement, the transaction charge could be a concern for those investing small amounts
India still does not have a "one retirement account" concept, with the intended money distributed across various schemes. Pension fund managers are underlining NPS as the preferred way ahead
FM Sitharaman also said that the government will help ease in mobility while in jobs