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National Pension Scheme

Creating a substantial corpus for retirement is a vital aspect of financial planning, ensuring individuals can meet expenditure requirements and navigate post-retirement life with minimal challenges. To cater to the needs of the growing senior citizen population, the Indian Government has introduced initiatives like the National Pension Scheme (NPS). This scheme encourages systematic savings during one's working years, fostering financial discipline for future savings.

Administered by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) under the PFRDA Act 2013, NPS is a regulated, voluntary contribution scheme applicable to all Indian citizens, including those in unorganized sectors.

Market-linked and managed by professional fund managers, individual contributions to the NPS accumulate, promoting corpus growth through market-linked returns until retirement.

Subscribers can exit the plan before retirement or choose superannuation. However, the NPS ensures that a portion of savings is allocated to provide retirement benefits. Upon retirement, exit, or superannuation, a minimum of 40% of the contribution is used to secure a lifetime pension through the purchase of an annuity, while the remaining funds are disbursed to the subscriber as a lump sum.