If you are an EPF (Employees Provident Fund) subscriber and keen to check the account balance and/or the last contribution made, the process is super easy. You need to only give a missed call. The only condition is that the member’s mobile number must already be registered on the UAN portal. So, those members who … Read more
“This tax is as high as 35%, the same as what people earning above ₹1 crore pay,” said Harsh Roongta, founder of Fee Only Investment Advisers. How so? That’s because of compulsory contributions to state insurance schemes and pension funds that are “akin to a tax” because of the difficulty in accessing the benefits or … Read more
As you are aware that the Union Government is set to roll out the Unified Pension System (UPS) from April 1, 2025 to give fixed, inflation-linked pensions to subscribers. As of now, the scheme is meant only for 23 lakh central government employees and the state government employees are permitted to opt for them. Wealth … Read more
The Government of India has announced the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS), a new pension plan for employees working under the government. The new scheme will provide an assured pension scheme to benefit nearly 90 lakh pensioners under the central government. The central government launched the UPS to cater to the demands of the employees regarding … Read more
The Central government has amended the Employees Pension Scheme (EPS), 1995 giving withdrawal benefits for employees with less than six months of service. According to a government statement on Friday, the amendment is believed to benefit more than 7 lakh EPS members who leave the scheme with less than six months of contributory service. The … Read more
Having been introduced on May 1, 2009 for all citizens of India; National Pension System (NPS) has recently completed 15 years of its existence. The Government of India introduced NPS from Jan 1, 2004 (except for armed forces) before rolling it for the general public five years later. The scheme is aimed at providing pension … Read more
An argument that is often heard against the National Pension Scheme(NPS) is the long lock-in till age of 60 years. Another concern is the accessibility of the corpus in case of early retirement. Subscribers have for long been used to defined benefit scheme like the employee provident fund which gives a fixed return and find … Read more