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Circular Date Subject
04-April-2024 Circular-NPS/APY Functionalities released by CRAs during Quarter I and Quarter II (FY 2023-24)
18-Mar-2024 Circular-Mandatory 2 Factor Aadhaar Authentication for CRA System Access w.e.f. 1 st April 2024
21-FEB-2024 Circular-Securing NPS transactions through Aadhaar-based access of CRA system under the Government sector
01-FEB-2024 MASTER CIRCULAR - Partial Withdrawal
16-JAN-2024 Circular-Inclusion of NPS SoT in CAS
04-JAN-2024 MASTER CIRCULAR - eNPS Govt
07-Dec-2023 Circular-Convenience of NPS Contribution through Personalized QR Code of D-Remit -reg
30-Oct-2023 Circular-Mandatory Penny drop verification - Instant Bank Account Verification for Enhanced Due Diligence
27-Oct-2023 CIRCULAR dt. 27.10.2023 - Facility of Systematic Lump sum Withdrawal (SLW) for NPS Subscribers
25-Oct-2023 Circular-Mandatory Penny drop verification - Instant Bank Account Verification
22-Sep-2023 Circular-NPS Tier II through Default scheme for Government Sector Subscribers-reg
07-March-2024 MASTER CIRCULAR - eAPY – Online facility to ease onboarding and seeding of Aadhaar for APY subscribers 31 Jan 2024 (1)
14-August-2023 Cancelled RA
14-August-2023 Individual RA
14-August-2023 Other than Individual RA
28-July-2023 Public Notice -Subscribers registered under NPS-Lite-Swavalamban Scheme
28-July-2023 CIRCULAR - Selection of ASP is the individual choice to be exercised by Subscribers upon exit from NPS
19-July-2023 CIRCULAR Guidelines for Operational Activities - to be followed by Point of Presence (PoPs-NPS-lite
15-June-2023 Circular - Experience the ease and convenience of accessing NPS Statement of Transactions through DigiLocker-reg
10-May-2023 Circular - Retirement Income Optimization through Multiple Annuities
24-March-2023 Circular - Mandatory upload of Withdrawal KYC documents to enable Parallel Processing of Exit and Annuity for the benefit of NPS Subscribers
17-March-2023 Circular - FI Types for Balances under National Pension System (NPS)
23-February-2023 Circular - NPS Functionalities by CRA during Q3 of FY 2022-23
08-February-2023 Reinvestment of Returned & Unsuccessful Transaction amount into the same PRAN and Reclaim the amount by Subscriber through MWM
07-February-2023 Minimum Timelines for Maximum Subscribers' benefits - Reduction in Turn Around Time to perform various activities from T+4 to T+2-reg
11-January-2023 Online Claim Processing by Intermediaries using Technology - Aadhaar & VCIP-reg
10-January-2023 Empowering APY Subscribers with ease of Aadhaar Seeding - Launch of seeding convenience through CRA Portal & Mobile App
22-December-2022 Stakeholders' feedback on the process flow of Inter Sector Shifting
21-December-2022 NPS/APY Functionalities released by CRAs during Q2 of FY 2022-23
09-December-2022 NPS Prosperity Planner (NPP) for Adequacy in Retirement Income Planning
30-November-2022 e-NPS Govt offers ease & convenience in account opening for the Subscribers
15-November-2022 Parallel Processing of Exit and Annuity components for the benefit of NPS Subscribers
20-October-2022 Processing Death Claims where Nomination is changed post death of Subscribers
19-October-2022 Handling NPS corpus of deceased Subscribers meant for purchase of Annuity
20-October-2022 Circular on allowing option to allocate 75% of subscriber’s contribution in Asset Class E (Equity) in Tier-I and 100% in Asset Class E (Equity) in Tier-II under active choice without any conditions of tapering from the age of 51 years.
19-October-2022 Circular-Building a pensioned society enabled through Digilocker-reg.
12-October-2022 NPS/APY Functionalities released by CRAs during Quarter I (FY 2022-23).
29-Sep-2022 Enabling the Govt and corporate employees to continue with their existing scheme choice.
30-Sep-2022 Empowering Subscribers to access and port their Data.
29-Sep-2022 Collaborative opportunities to Promote the Culture of Innovation & entrepreneurship.
19-Sep-2022 Reduction of Timelines for Withdrawal from T+4 to T+2 for the benefit of Subscribers.
25-August-2022 Changes in process flow of e-Nomination for the benefit Government / Corporate Sector Subscribers.
22-August-2022 Trail commission to POPs on voluntary contributions through D-Remit by Subscribers associated to POPs under All Citizen Model.
11-August-2022 Voluntary Contributions under D Remit enabled through UPI
28-July-2022 Responsible Innovation through Regulatory Sandbox(RS)
27-July-2022 Subscriber Centric Services through DigiLocker
09-June-2022 NPS/APY Functionalities released by CRAs during Quarter IV of FY 2021-22
21-Apr-2022 eAPY - Ease of Onboarding through Aadhaar
14-FEB-2022 Pension Cyber Spotlight VOL 3 - Newsletter for Quarter ending DEC 2021
03-FEB-2022 Pension Cyber Spotlight - VOL 3 FEB 2022
31-Jan-2022 Revision of Service Charges for POPs under NPS (All Citizen and Corporate)
27-Jan-2022 Change of Pension Fund and Asset Allocation by NPS subscribers
04-Oct-2021 Circular - Online exit process for NPS subscribers under Government Sector
21-Sep-2021 Enhancement of Lump sum Withdrawal limit on Exit
15-Sep-2021 Pension Cyber Spotlight - PFRDA's Cyber Security and Technology Newsletter
03-Sep-2021 Changes in Premature Exit Processing of APY for the benefit of Subscribers
02-Sep-2021 NPS Functionalities released by CRAs during Quarter I of FY 2021-22
26-Aug-2021 Increase of Entry Age up to 70 Years under NPS
23-Aug-2021 eNPS for Government - A New On-boarding feature to ease the process of Registration by Government Sector Subscribers
22-July-2021 Handling Surrender requests of Annuity Policies issued to NPS Subscribers by ASPs
04-June-2021 Launch of NACH mandate for the benefit of Nodal Officers/PoP/Corporate
27-May-2021 NPS Functionalities released by CRA during Q4 of FY 2020-21
27-Apr-2021 Facility of NPS on boarding through online Aadhaar eKYC
12-Apr-2021 NPS Functionalities released by CRA during Q2 and Q3 of FY 2020-21
11-Mar-2021 Inter Sector Shifting of NPS Subscribers under Corporate sector
10-Mar-2021 Enablement of IMPS mode of contribution under D Remit
03-Feb-2021 D-Remit for NRI - NPS Subscribers
14-Jan-2021 Ease of Partial withdrawal of NPS Subscribers through Self - declaration
8-Jan-2021 NPS On boarding & Generation of Soft Copies of NPS Subscriber Registration Forms (SRF) by CRAs
22-Dec-2020 Exit through Self-authorization by e-NPS subscribers
03-Dec-2020 OTP based authentication for legacy NPS accounts
13-Nov-2020 Revision in Cut off time under D Remit for same day NAV
12-Nov-2020 Option for Govt. employees to on-board NPS through eNPS (Stake Holder Feedback)
06-Oct-2020 Video based Customer Identification Process (VCIP) for NPS
01-Oct-2020 Launch of D Remit
01-Oct-2020 NPS On-boarding through Online PRAN Generation Module (OPGM)
23-Sep-2020 Enabling National Pension System (NPS) Subscribers to continue PRAN in case of premature exit.
03-Sep-2020 e-Nomination facility for NPS Subscribers
27-Aug-2020 APY Citizen’s Charter
24-Aug-2020 Ombudsman for resolving grievances under NPS & APY
29-Jun-2020 Choice for NPS Subscribers to have physical or ePRAN card
03-Jun-2020 Ease in Issuance of Annuity to NPS Subscribers
01-Jun-2020 Choice of Pension Funds and Investment Pattern in Tier I of NPS for the Government subscribers employed with State Governments (SGs) and in State Autonomous Bodies (SABs) & Central Autonomous Bodies (CABs)
29-May-2020 NPS Functionalities released by CRA in FY 2019-20
27-May-2020 Additional Modes of e-NPS exit
12-May-2020 D Remits – Empowers NPS Subscribers with another Convenient mode of depositing Voluntary NPS Contributions
17-Apr-2020 Choice of CRA selection by NPS Subscribers
11-Apr-2020 Stoppage of Auto-debit for APY contributions till 30th June, 2020
09-Apr-2020 Permission of Partial withdrawals towards treatment of specified illnesses
19-Feb-2020 Online Contribution facility for NPS Lite subscribers - eNPS Lite
4-Sep-2019 Provision of information to M/s Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP for reconcilation of pool account maintained by erstwhile Trustee Bank.
11-Mar-2019 Display of information by POPs while processing NPS contributions under online mode.
07-Dec-2018 Discontinuation of Aadhaar based authentication for opening of NPS accounts by the POPs through online module.
06-Aug-2018 Circular for Permission of Partial withdrawal "Towards meeting the expenses by subscriber for skill development/re-skilling or for any other self-development activities and meeting the expenses by subscriber for establishment of own venture or any start-ups".
22-May-2018 Amendment to Investment Guidelines for NPS Schemes (Other than Govt. Sector [CG & SG], Corporate CG, NPS Lite and APY).
22-Mar-2018 Digital empowerment tools for APY subscribers.
10-Jan-2018 Guidelines on process to be followed by Subscribers and Nodal office/POP/Aggregator for partial withdrawal request.
9-Jan-2018 Circular on modification of fee structure of Retirement Advisors.
1-Nov-2017 Increasing the maximum age of joining NPS from 60 to 65 years under NPS - Private Sector (All Citizen and Corporate model)
31-Oct-2017 Clarification on revision of service charges to POPs under NPS (All Citizen and Corporate Model)
27-Oct-2017 Revision of service charges to POPs under NPS (All Citizen and Corporate)
9-Oct-2017 Circular on Deferment in Hindi
15-Sept-2017 Circular on 'Guidelines for Operational Activities- to be followed by Point of Presence (POPs), POP-SP, POP-SE & POP-Corporate.
21-Aug-2017 Retirement Advisers : Guidelines for operational activities
12-Apr-2017 Clarification of closure of savings account linked to APY account
23-Mar-2017 Annexure 7 - Details of NPS contributions held in the account maintained as 'NPS Collection Account'
16-Mar-2017 Annexure 9 - Details of NPS contributions held in the account maintained as 'NPS Collection Account'
21-Feb-2017 Updation of Mobile Numbers in APY beneficiary Database-reg
21-Dec-2016 Clarification of payment of incentive under APY-Swavalamban Migration Cases
15-Dec-2016 Onboarding of APY on DBT platform – Aadhaar seeding implementation
15-Dec-2016 Persistency and Zero Balance Accounts in APY
15-Dec-2016 Dispensing the Submission of Physical Application Form in NPS
15-Dec-2016 Circular on Dispensing with the requirement of physical application form for esign
07-Dec-2016 Online Registration of APY Grievances
29-Nov-2016 Ultimate opportunity - Customer First
28-Nov-2016 Co-contribution For Subscribers Migrated into APY From Swavalamban
01-Nov-2016 Monitoring the Performance of Banks at State/District/Block Levels
31-Oct-2016 Upgrading/Downgrading of Pension Amount
24-Oct-2016 PFRDA Circular_Documents to be submitted for availing partial withdrawal under NPS
18-Oct-2016 Settlement of Death Cases before the age of 60 years under APY
23-Aug-2016 Nomination in APY
09-Aug-2016 Circular on latest development under NPS
09-Aug-2016 Circular on reduction of minimum balance requirement and unfreezing of account
27-Jul-2016 Circular related to Clarification on continuing Beyond 60 years or The Age of Superannuation- Till 70 Years
22-Jun-2016 Comparing pension amount by Government Nodal Office
22-Jun-2016 Comparing pension amount (Family Pension or NPS annuity) by Government Nodal Office before processing Family Pension cases on Death/disability of subscriber
14-Jun-2016 Clarification regarding monetisation of units in subscriber account
09-Jun-2016 Monetisation of units lying in Subscriber Account
09-Jun-2016 Monetisation of units lying in the subscriber’s account who have not withdrawn their benefits from NPS
08-Jun-2016 Guidelines on Documentary requirements for subscribers of NPS-Lite
01-Jun-2016 NPS Service Fortnight (27-June-2016 to 09-July-2016)
02-May-2016 PFRDA Circular for Voluntary Exit of APY Subscribers
04-Apr-2016 Guidelines On Migration Of Existing Eligible Swavalamban Subscribers To Atal Pension Yojana
21-Mar-2016 Guidelines on process to be followed by Subscribers and Nodal Office/POP/Aggregator for processing of partial withdrawal request
10-Mar-2016 Clarifications on Settlement of Claims of Pre-mature Exit and Death of Government subscribers involving Purchase of Annuities
13-Jan-2016 Warning against Entities indulging in fraudulent activities under NPS Lite/Swavalamban
12-Jan-2016 Revised Guidelines in respect of Contribution Collection and Service Charges for opening NPS Accounts for NRIs
20-Nov-2015 Mandatory Processing of Online Withdrawal Request
12-Nov-2015 Circular Mandatory processing of Online Withdrawal request and process document
02-Nov-2015 Clarification on Deferred Withdrawal of Lump sum
29-Oct-2015 Clarification of Deferred Withdrawal of Lump Sum Corpus
07-Sep-2015 Investment Guidelines for NPS Schemes (Other than Govt. Sector (CG &SG), Corporate CG, NPS Lite and APY) w.e.f. 10th September, 2015
27-July-2015 Timelines Of Contribution Processing Under APY
12-May-2015 Simplification of Withdrawal Process - Documentary requirements Circular
31-Mar-2015 Amendment to Revised Investment Guidelines for NPS Schemes
25-Feb-2015 Simplification of Withdrawal process for Govt. subscribers – Documentary requirements
25-Feb-2015 PFRDA Circular_Facility for Online Withdrawal Process in CRA System for submission of NPS Claims
5-Feb-2015 Acceptance of e-KYC as a valid process for KYC verification
31-Dec-2014 PFRDA Circular FATCA ( Registration for the purpose of Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act)
31-Dec-2014 Circular for Registration for the purpose of Foreign Accounts Tax Compliant Act (FATCA)
1-Aug-2014 Revision of Investment Management Fees (IMF) for Private Sector NPS
22-Apr-2014 Registration of Government employees aged 60 years and above under National Pension System (NPS)
23-Oct-2013 Acceptance of e-KYC as a valid process for KYC verification
17-Sep-2013 Option to defer Annuity purchase under NPS at the time of exit
20-Aug-2013 Circular on Portability of NPS Lite-Swavalamban Accounts to NPS-All Citizen Model(UOS) and other Sectors
31-May-2013 NPS Trust Account Numbers & contact details of New Trustee Bank
30-Apr-2013 Appointment of new Trustee Bank (TB) under National Pension System (NPS)
11-Mar-2013 PFRDA circular regarding Deferred Withdrawal under National Pension System
15-Feb-2013 Default ASP and Annuity Scheme for subscribers exiting from NPS and Seeking withdrawal of Accumulated Pension Wealth
6-Feb-2013 Revision in documentary requirements in case of exits arising from Death of the subscriber under NPS-Swavalamban
22-Jan-2013 Master Circular on Product design and Exit from National Pension System (NPS)
11-Jan-2013 Circular on addendum to required KYC documents for entry and exit of National Pension System (NPS)
11-Jan-2013 Revised List of KYC documents required for entry and exit under NPS