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Understanding the National Pension Scheme: An Essential Guide

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June 24, 2025
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Retirement planning never depends on your age. In India, there is the National Pension Scheme (NPS), which offers a convenient and easy way to build a retirement corpus. Whether you are a government employee, a self-employed professional, or just starting out in your career, this guide will help you gain insight into the National Pension Scheme and how calculators such as the PPF calculator can be of use for your overall financial planning.

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What is the National Pension Scheme?

The National Pension Scheme is a government-backed long-term savings scheme to help you build your retirement fund. It is regulated by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), making it a safe and reliable option.

When you join the National Pension Scheme, you contribute money on a monthly basis. The money is invested by experts in various forms of assets like shares (equity), government securities, and bonds. The aim is to grow your investment over time, so that in your retirement years you receive a steady income.

Key Benefits of the National Pension Scheme

1. Voluntary Contributions: You can create a National Pension Scheme account if you are any Indian citizen aged 18 to 70 years. You can choose how much and how often to contribute. You can also contribute small amounts.

2. Portability: Your account is linked to a Permanent Retirement Account Number (PRAN), which accompanies you even if you change offices or locations.

3. Market-Linked Growth: Your savings are connected to how well the market performs. While not assured, it has a chance to grow higher than other types of savings.

4. Low Charges: The National Pension Scheme is one of the lowest-cost investment options, so more of your money actually goes into an investment.

5. Tax Benefits: You can claim tax deductions under Section 80C and another ₹50,000 under Section 80CCD(1B). At the time of retirement, you can withdraw up to 60% of your savings tax-free.

Withdrawals for NPS

Upon Superannuation (Retirement):

● Up to 60% of the total corpus can be withdrawn as a lump sum.
● The remaining 40% must be used to purchase an annuity.
● Withdrawals can be taken periodically—monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, or yearly.
● If the corpus is ≤ INR 5 lakh, the entire amount can be withdrawn without buying an annuity.
● Lump sum withdrawals are tax-free; annuity income is taxable as per income tax slabs.

Premature Exit (Before Age 60):

● At least 80% of the corpus must be used to buy an annuity.
● If the corpus is ≤ Rs 2.5 lakh, the entire amount can be withdrawn as a lump sum.

Upon the Death of the Subscriber:

● 100% of the corpus is paid to the nominee or legal heir.

What is a PPF Calculator?

The PPF calculator is an ideal tool for investment planning in the Public Provident Fund (PPF), yet another extremely popular long-term savings scheme. It lets you know how much you would be left with after your PPF term, based on your yearly contributions and the prevailing rate of interest.

Though the PPF calculator is exclusive to PPF, you realise how compound interest works—the concept is applied to the National Pension Scheme as well. Timely saving and planning in both schemes are subsidised.

Conclusion

The National Pension Scheme is an excellent choice for Indian nationals to build a secure and easy retirement. It gives you flexible investment options, minimal fees, tax advantages, and portability of accounts. If you start early and contribute steadily, you can enjoy market-linked returns and peace of mind in old age.

Tools like the PPF calculator give you additional help in understanding how your money can grow over a given period of time. While PPF and NPS are different products, the concept of frequent saving and the benefit of compounding are not very different.

Regardless of whether you choose the National Pension Scheme, PPF, or both, the most important step is to plan today.

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