Pension Fund
Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) is taking proactive steps to
encourage corporate employer to join the National Pension System (NPS) for
providing pension benefits to their employees.
PFRDA, inter alia, supports its intermediaries in their promotional
efforts. PFRDA officials visit corporate, including with intermediaries, for
creating awareness and interface with corporate to provide NPS related
information/clarifications. PFRDA officials also participate in
conferences/seminars/panel discussions organised by intermediaries or by
industry associations like CII, FICCI, ASSOCHAM, PHD Chamber of Commerce
etc.
The
NPS-Corporate Model was launched in December 2011. The present status of the
NPS-Corporate Model as on 19th July, 2014 is as follows:
|
Sl.
No.
|
Particulars
|
No./Amount
|
|
1.
|
Number of
Corporates registered
|
1392
|
|
2.
|
Number of
Corporate subscribers registered
|
2,88,383
|
|
3.
|
Assets under
management
|
Rs.3,382.05
crores
|
This information
was given by the Minister of State for Finance, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in
written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
Source : PIB Release, 1st August, 2014
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