APY & NPS
APY & NPS
APY & NPS
Eligibility
Any Citizen of India can join APY scheme.
NRI is also eligible to open APY Account
The age of the subscriber should be between 18 - 40 years.
He should have a savings bank account/ post office savings bank
account.
Tax Benefit
Contribution to APY is tax exempt under 80CCD
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National Pension System
NPS is one of the lowest cost pension schemes in the world.
National Pension System is a voluntary defined contribution retirement
Saving scheme.
Eligibility
A resident citizen of India.
Should be aged between 18 - 70 years.
Subscriber Should comply with prescribed Know Your Customer norms.
Benefit
NPS offers exclusive Tax benefit for investment up to Rs.50000 under
sec 80CCD(1B).
It offers two accounts: Tier i and tier ii.
Tier-I is the Individual Pension Account, which is the default pension
account having all the tax incentives under Income Tax Act.
Tier-II is an optional investment account available to a subscriber having
an active Tier-I account. This account has no withdrawal restrictions and
tax benefits. Tier-II is not a Pension Account.
In case of Superannuation,
A Subscriber can claim 100% Withdrawal if the total accumulated corpus is less
than Rs. 5 Lakh at the time of Superannuation/attaining age of 60 years.
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Minimum Contributions
Tier I:
Tier II:
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