National Pension Scheme Rule Change From April 1
National Pension System (NPS) affords inexpensive social safety to residents. It is low-cost, tax-efficient plan to which each workers and employers contribute.
Market-linked, outlined contribution product administered by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), in its bid to make annuity funds sooner and easier for NPS subscribers has made importing choose paperwork necessary for subscribers. The transfer is geared toward making annuity funds sooner and easier after exiting the NPS. In a round dated February 22, 2023, the physique stated, “In the curiosity of Subscribers and to learn them with the well timed fee of annuity earnings, the add of the paperwork shall be necessary with impact from 1st April 2023.”
Mandatory documents
The PFRDA has asked the subscribers and the associated nodal officers/POPs/corporate to ensure that the following documents are uploaded to the respective Central Record Keeping Agency (CRA) user interface. They will also have to ensure that the uploaded documents are legible.
The documents that need to be uploaded are:
-NPS Exit/ Withdrawal Form
-Proof of Identity and Address as specified within the Withdrawal type
-Bank account Proof
-Copy of PRAN card
According to the regulator, the common proposal for exit from NPS and for buying the annuity from ASPs facilitates parallel processing of the lump sum component and annuity, reducing the time taken by ASPs while issuing annuity policies.
“The common proposal for Exit from NPS and for buying annuity from ASP facilitates parallel processing of Lump sum component and Annuity due to which the time taken by ASPs while issuing Annuity Policies is significantly reduced which result in faster Subscriber servicing and timely Annuity issuance, the regulator said.
Under NPS rules, ASPs are Life Insurance Companies regulated by IRDAI and empanelled with the PFRDA to serve NPS Subscribers and secure their old age with a regular stream of periodical income.
Steps for processing of Exit Request by Subscriber (Govt/Non Govt) – Paperless Mode
a) The subscriber will initiate an online exit request by logging into the CRA system.
b) At the time of initiation of request, the relevant messages about e-Sign/OTP authentication, authorisation of request by nodal office/POP, etc. displayed to the subscriber.
c) During request initiation, details like address, bank details, nominee details, etc. will be auto-populated from the NPS account.
d) Subscriber will select fund allocation percentage for lump sum/annuity, annuity details, etc.
e) The bank Account of the subscriber (registered in CRA) will be verified through online bank account verification (penny drop facility).
f) Subscriber needs to mandatorily upload KYC Documents (identity & address proof), copy of PRAN card/ePRAN, and bank Proof at the time of submitting exit request.
g) Scanned documents should be appropriate i.e. scanned images should be legible.
h) Subscriber authorises the request by using any one of the two following options to make the process paperless:
1) OTP Authentication – Distinct OTPs might be despatched to cellular numbers and electronic mail IDs of the subscribers.
2) e-Sign – Subscribers will e-Sign the request using Aadhaar
National Pension System (NPS) offers affordable social security to citizens. It is low-cost, tax-efficient plan to which both employees and employers contribute.
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