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RBI allows NRIs to subscribe to National Pension System

30 Oct 2015 Evaluate

In a move that could help boost dollar inflows into the country, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has notified that non-resident Indians (NRIs) can opt to invest in the National Pension System (NPS). In its notification the central bank has said that the subscription amounts shall be paid by NRIs either by inward remittance through normal banking channels or out of funds held in their NRE/FCNR/NRO account. There shall be no restriction on repatriation of the annuity or accumulated savings.

RBI said that with a view to enabling NRIs’ access to old age income security, it has now been decided, in consultation with the Government of India, to enable NPS as an investment option for NRIs under FEMA (foreign exchange management act) 1999.

NRIs can now subscribe to the pension scheme, which is governed and administered by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority. Minimum annual subscription under NPS is Rs 6,000, while allocation to equities is capped at 50% of investment. NPS investments mature when the investor turns 60. If the corpus is less than Rs 2 lakh, the entire sum can be withdrawn. If it is more, the subscriber must put at least 40% of the corpus into an annuity to get a monthly pension. However, there is no ceiling on the investment amount.

NPS is an easily accessible, low cost, tax-efficient, flexible and portable retirement savings account. Under the NPS, the individual contributes to his retirement account. The funds contributed by the Subscribers are invested by the PFRDA registered Pension Fund Managers (PFMs) as per the investment guidelines prescribed by PFRDA. The investment guidelines are framed in such a manner that the portfolio is adequately diversified across financial securities so that there is minimal impact on the returns on subscribers contributions even if there is a market downturn, by ensuring a judicious mix of investment instruments like Government securities, corporate bonds and equities. At present, there are 9.6 million NPS subscribers with the total assets under management at almost Rs.88,000 crore.

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