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]]>IRDAI has announced new rules for pensioners which will provide to people opting for National Pension System’s(NPS) annuity. Less paperwork will make pensioners’ life easy. Let us see what it is.
From now on, under the new NPS rule, Indian pensioners’ paperwork is reduced by one form. IRDAI has reformed a few rules to provide relief to pensioners. Till now, National Pension System (NPS) retirees had to submit the exit form to the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) and submit the proposal form to the insurance company at the time of superannuation. Now Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) says there is no need to fill one more proposal form for NPS subscribers for annuity selection after exiting. IRDAI has relaxed the requirements for the same with the interests of policyholders as it wants ease of doing business in the insurance industry. As per IRDAI, this new rule that provides relief to pensioners will come into force immediately.
As per the IRDAI statement on September 13, 2022, the Exit Form presented by NPS retirees will be considered as the Proposal Form going forward. The submitted Exit Form will be Proposal Form for presenting the immediate annuity product by the insurance companies
Under the National Pension System rules, the subscriber who superannuates must purchase an immediate annuity, not including the commuted value from any insurer (Life Insurance Company). When buying immediate annuities, the subscriber must submit a separate application form that is collected to the life insurance company.
All the data that needs to be filled in the proposal form is already present in the exit form. So to avoid this unnecessary duplication of information, IRDAI directed insurance companies to consider exit forms as proposal forms henceforth. Now, NPS retirees on submitting exit forms can purchase annuities without any more forms to be submitted. This move will make doing business in the insurance industry easy while protecting the interest of policyholders.
At the time of superannuation, rules to date asked NPS retirees to submit an Exit form to PFRDA and a Proposal form to insurance companies. Now as per the new rule, the insurance company will treat the exit form of NPS as a proposal form for purchasing an annuity.
This new rule will smooth the progress of servicing annuity policies purchased by annuitants.
This new rule will reduce the time taken to purchase an annuity
This new rule will reduce the work of senior citizens as well as insurers.
As per the norms of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority, a minimum of 40% of the accumulated pension wealth of a subscriber must be used towards the purchase of an annuity that provides for a monthly pension to the subscriber while the balance is paid in a lump sum.
Regulated by IRDAI and empanelled by PFRDA the Annuity Service Providers (ASPs) are insurance companies that provide the annuity to the NPS subscribers. ASP offers a bouquet of annuities and one should be selected by the subscriber. ASPs are responsible for providing a monthly annuity pension to the subscribers. The PFRDA has pension fund managers under the NPS who have to invest the pension corpus of the subscribers prudently and judiciously.
As per current withdrawal rules, pensioners are allowed to withdraw up to 60 % of the contributions as a lump sum. And it is mandatory to park a minimum of 40 % of the pension contributions in government-approved annuities.
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]]>The National Pension System is a contributory pension scheme. NPS is an equity-based investment that ensures better return from many other small saving schemes or bank FDs.It helps you in fund accumulation for your old age. You make a regular deposit in this scheme till the age of 60 years and after that subscriber is eligible to withdraw 60% of the corpus and compulsorily buy an annuity from the 40% of the corpus. The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has recently changed a few rules of NPS making it more attractive. Here are the new changes
Individuals up to the age of 70 years can join NPS. Earlier the entry age barrier for NPS was 65. A person more than the age of 65vyears was not allowed to open an NPS account. This will encourage people to join late if they haven’t started early.
As the entry age barrier has been expanded so has been the exit age. The new exit age is 75 years now which was earlier 65 years. But for someone who enters the NPS post, 65 will have a mandatory 3-year lock-in.
When the subscriber turns 60 years of age the scheme reaches its maturity. The subscriber can request for the extension of the scheme beyond the age of 60. He/She will have to give a written request for the extension. They can extend it for how many years they want to but it can’t be extended beyond 70 years.
The NPS subscribers are not allowed to withdraw the entire corpus. He/She will have to split the maturity amount in two parts. The 60% of the corpus can be withdrawn in one go but the rest of the 40% will be used to mandatorily buy an annuity scheme. The PFRDA has relaxed this rule and if the entire corpus is Rs 5 lakhs or less then the subscriber is allowed to withdraw the full amount in one go upon the maturity without buying the annuity.
Whenever a premature exit option is exercised the 80:20 rule is applied. As per this rule if the subscriber chooses to exit the scheme before its maturity he/she can withdraw only 20% of the corpus and the rest of the 80% will be paid as pension through an annuity plan. According to PFRDA’s September 2021 circular, if the corpus is equal to or less than Rs 2.5lakhs then the subscriber is permitted to withdraw the entire amount as a lump sum. The 80:20 rule will not be applied to premature exits.
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