THE NATIONAL PENSION SCHEME

Planning your return after retirement? A guide for NRIs looking to buy pension plans in India

Buying a pension plan, is a way to ensure a steady flow of income after retirement. A pension is essentially a fund where you invest a regu...

Equitas SFB launches 3-in-1 account offering various investment options

Equitas Small Finance Bank on Thursday announced the launch of a 3-in-1 account that allows its customers to invest in a wide variety of fi...

Centre revamps job survey to include informal sector, small establishments

The labour bureau, under the labour and employment ministry, will move a proposal within two weeks seeking approval to kickstart the exerci...

Govt plans to bring voluntary pension scheme for small traders, unorganised workers under EPFO

“We are looking at bringing the Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan for unorganised workers and the National Pension Scheme for traders and ...

Employment: Highest number of formal jobs created in August in this fiscal

The payroll data of the ministry of statistics and programme implementation, released on Friday, shows the net new additions under EPFO sto...

Just Rs 11.57 lakh to retire? Survey shows young Indians grossly unprepared for old age

Barely one in five considers inflation while planning for retirement. Life insurance and bank FDs are top choices for those who plan for re...

Indians rush to soar up pension deposits

Pension funds grew by Rs 76,000 crore to end the September half year at Rs 4.93 lakh crore. Corpus under the National Pension Scheme and At...

Recovery in formal job market pushes EPFO enrolments to 8.45 lakh in July

The payroll data, released by the ministry of statistics and programme implementation on Friday, shows the members exiting the EPFO scheme ...

Cost structure for pension fund managers of NPS likely to change soon, says PFRDA Chairman

“We are doing a cost-benefit analysis and definitely very soon we will see some changes in the cost structure for pension fund managers and...

New National Pension Scheme enrolments take a knock in June, lowest since September 2017

The month-on-month payroll data, computed by the ministry of statistics and programme implementation, showed that addition of new subscribe...

NPS added just 29,155 subscribers in June

The month-on-month payroll data, computed by the ministry of statistics and programme implementation, showed contribution by new subscriber...

Nearly 2 million opt for Atal Pension Yojana since April: PFRDA

Further, assets under management (AUM) of the National Pension Scheme (NPS) are set to touch Rs 5 lakh crore by September-end, Bhandopadhya...

Central, state employees join 'restore old pension' campaign on Twitter

The 'restore old pension' campaign is being spearheaded by the National Movement for Old Pension Scheme (NMOPS), a federation with over 13 ...

How to save tax without fresh investments in FY 2019-20

A taxpayer may be having liquidity issues and as such, not be in a position to make further investments in tax saving instruments. For such...

Modifications in National Pension Scheme financially untenable: FM

Manjeet Singh Patel demanded modification in the National Pension Scheme (NPS) so that a large part of the contributory fund, which is curr...

AUM under National Pension Scheme, Atal Pension Yojana touch Rs 4.17 lakh crore: PFRDA data

"The pension assets accumulated under NPS through monthly contributions by central government employees have reached Rs 1.38 lakh crore and...

National Pension Scheme for traders fails to gain traction

As per government data, only 84 traders and self-employed persons from Delhi have registered for the scheme so far, while 59 persons from K...