Govt likely to approve changes proposed in PFRDA Bill

07 Jun 2012 Evaluate

The government in a move to give a push to pension sector reform is likely to approve the changes recommended in the proposed Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) Bill. A cabinet meeting in this regard is scheduled to be held on June 07 and once the changes are approved by the cabinet, it would be taken up by the House Panel to be passed in Monsoon session, which will commence sometime in July.

The PFRDA Bill 2011, which seeks to open the pension sector to private sector and overseas investment, has been waiting for approval for several years now. PFRDA, which was set up as a regulatory body for pension sector, is yet to get statutory powers as the Bill relevant to that effect lapsed in Parliament. However, since 2003, temporary PFRDA is functioning via an executive order.

As recommended by the Standing Committee on Finance, the government is expected to include a proposal in the Bill to ensure assured returns to pension fund subscribers with certain conditions, and provide greater flexibility to subscribers to withdraw funds from their accounts. On the foreign investment front, the government has already approved to restrict the FDI limit at 26% in line with the insurance industry.

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