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Atal Pension Yojana enrolments cross four crore, says Union Ministry of Finance

Atal Pension Yojana is the guaranteed pension scheme of the Government of India administered by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA)

Coronavirus Outbreak: Govt allows partial withdrawal for NPS subscribers for covering expenses related to treatment of COVID-19

The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority of India (PFRDA) on Friday said NPS subscribers will now be allowed partial withdrawal for covering expenses related to treatment of COVID-19

Union Budget 2020-21: Pension fund regulator wants govt to double tax benefit under NPS to Rs 1 lakh

Pension fund regulator PFRDA is pitching for doubling the tax benefit under the NPS to Rs 1 lakh in the upcoming Budget, according to a whole-time member of the authority

PFRDA chairman Hemant G Contractor hopes to reach 2.72 cr subscribers under APY, NPS by March-end

Pension fund regulator PFRDA has reached a subscriber base of 2.65 crore in its flagship National Pension System (NPS) and Atal Pension Yojana (APY) schemes and hopes to cover nearly 2.72 crore subscribers by the end of the current financial year

Govt plans to roll out social security code across country in three phases before 2019 Lok Sabha election

The basic idea behind the pan-India launch of social security scheme is that the ministry does not want to take up controversial issues especially when the general election is months away from now.

PFRDA conducts valuation to weigh up doubling of pension limit to Rs 10,000 under Atal Pension Yojana

A proposal was made in the past to raise the pension under APY to double the limit from the existing slab of up to Rs 5,000.

Atal Pension Yojana: Govt mulls raising benefit limit to up to Rs 10,000 per month from existing slab of up to Rs 5,000

There is a need to increase the value of pension under APY, Madnesh Kumar Mishra, Joint Secretary, Department of Financial Services (DFS), said at a conference organised by PFRDA

Atal Pension Yojana crosses one crore subscribers in three years; collects Rs 3,950 crore

A guaranteed pension scheme for citizens of India announced by the government on 9 May, 2015, Atal Pension Yojana (APY) is focused on the unorganised sector workers which constitute more than 85 percent of the workforce

Union cabinet clears three mega social security initiatives

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave approval to three mega social security initiatives — one pension and two insurance schemes — to be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 9 May.