Continuation/Deferment option shall be exercised at least fifteen days prior to the age of superannuation and same should be authorised by the Nodal Office in the CRA system. The Subscriber may exit at any point of time from National Pension System.

If Subscriber has initiated the Continuation/Deferment Withdrawal request in CRA system, Nodal Office is required to ‘Verify’ and ‘Authorize’ the request in CRA system.

1. The PAO/DTO will verify request in CRA system using one user Id by clicking sub-menu ‘Verify Deferment’ under ‘Exit Withdrawal Request’ menu.

2.PAO/DTO is required to authorize the request in CRA system using another user Id. User is required to click menu ‘Exit Withdrawal Request’ and sub-menu ‘Authorise Deferment’ to authorize the Continuation/Deferment Request.

Alternatively, Nodal Office can also initiate the Continuation/Deferment Withdrawal request on behalf of Subscriber as mentioned below:

• Log-in to CRA system (www.cra-nsdl.com) using one user Id
• Select option Exit Withdrawal request ->Initiate Deferment
• Select transaction type-> new request and click on submit and enter PRAN on the next screen
• Select appropriate option – Continuation or Deferment
• Select POP SP name (for Govt. Subscribers) – If POP-SP is not selected, Govt. Subscribers will be tagged to e-NPS by default.
• Submit the request.
• Nodal Office is required to authorize the request in CRA system through another user Id. User is required to click menu ‘Exit Withdrawal Request’ and sub-menu ‘Authorise Deferment’ to authorize the Continuation/Deferment Request.