Interim pension regulator Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) on Thursday introduced a new scheme, NSP Lite, for the poor. The scheme aims at building a corpus sufficient enough to buy an annuity for their old age. The government's 'Swavalamban Scheme', which grants an incentive of Rs 1,000 to all eligible New Pension System (NPS) accounts shall be available to all NPS Lite account holders as well, if they meet the prescribed criteria, said PFRDA.
Invest NPS Online Whether they invested through SIPs or put in a lump sum amount, risk-averse individ uals have earned the highest returns. These are investors who stayed away from stocks and divided their NPS corpus between G class gilt funds and C class corporate debt funds. On average, gilt funds have given 9.75% annualised returns while corporate debt funds have churned out more than 11% in the past five years. As a result, the average return for ultra-safe investors in the past five years is in double digits. Even in the short term, ultrasafe investors have been the biggest gainers among NPS investors. Will the good times continue? The gilt funds of NPS are holding long-term bonds with an average maturity of over 19 years and a modified duration of about 9 years.These funds have done well because interest rate cuts have pushed down bond yields. But experts say this trend will not stay forever. NPS is a long-term investment and the bonds are predominantly held to matu...
