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Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) is established by the Government of India for regulation and development of Pension Sector in order to protect the old age income security of subscribers. PFRDA takes various initiatives from time to time in order to simplify and improve the operational issues in National Pension System (NPS) like new functionality development under NPS architecture, simplification of account opening, withdrawal, grievance management etc. In this regard, during the Quarter ended on 30.06.2017, various functionalities have been released by the Central Recordkeeping Agencies (CRAs) i.e. NSDL e-governance Infrastructure Limited and Karvy Computershare Pvt. Ltd to facilitate the ease of operation for the benefit of subscribers. These are detailed below:
NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Limited
Sr. No. | Functionality | Description | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Annual Freezing | Subscriber account would be unfrozen on minimum contribution of ₹ 500 in any of the Financial Year. The Subscriber would be allowed to contribute through normal process i.e. through any POP or through eNPS | 4-Apr-17 |
2 | NPS Mobile App - Aadhaar Seeding | The Subscriber can now link his/her Aadhaar to NPS account using Mobile App. | 4-Apr-17 |
3 | NPS Mobile App - Captcha in Contribution Screen | In Mobile App, the Subscriber has an option to submit the contributions without logging into App, routed through Captcha | 4-Apr-17 |
4 | NPS Mobile App - Reset password using OTP | Subscriber can now reset his/her password using Mobile App through OTP. This option is in addition to the option of resetting password using secret question. | 4-Apr-17 |
5 | Scheme Preference Change | Now, the Subscribers (other than Govt.) will have facility to change PFM once and Investment Option (active or auto choice) as well as Asset Allocation Ratio twice in a Financial Year. | 4-Apr-17 |
6 | NPS Mobile App - Tier II Withdrawal | Subscriber can now initiate Tier II account withdrawal under NPS using Mobile App and funds will get transferred to Subscriber's Bank Account registered with CRA. | 8-Apr-17 |
7 | Interoperability between CRAs | Now, Subscribers have option to open account with either of the CRAs. The existing Subscriber can also select CRA of his/her choice, once in a year. The target CRA will facilitate the shifting request under NPS. | 15-Apr-17 |
8 | New Payment Gateway – BillDesk | In eNPS, alongwith SBI ePay, BillDesk has been integrated as the second Payment Gateway Service Provider for ease of online contribution by the subscriber. | 4-May-17 |
9 | NPS Mobile App - Hindi version | The bilingual version of Mobile App has been developed for convenience of NPS Subscriber. | 15-May-17 |
10 | Transaction Statement - view | The Subscriber can access their Transaction Statement through CRA NPS Lite website (www.npslite-nsdl.com). | 7-Jun-17 |
11 | NPS Mobile App - enhancement | “Remember PRAN” in the APP is enabled. Now, Subscribers need not enter 12 digit PRAN every time they login. | 8-Jun-17 |
12 | NPS Mobile App - NPS Lite/APY | Similar to NPS Regular, Mobile App is introduced for NPS Lite/APY Subscribers. In 1st phase, following features are released for NPS Lite/APY Subscribers. | 17-Jun-17 |
13 | Grievance - enhancement | Subscribers under NPS Lite have facility to raise grievances in Central Grievance Management System (CGMS) against CRA/ Nodal Office / NPS Trust. | 23-Jun-17 |
14 | eNPS - Service Tax replaced with GST | Replacement of existing Service Tax to GST; | 30-Jun-17 |
Karvy Computershare Pvt. Ltd
Sr. No. | Functionality | Description | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mobile App | Mobile App for NPS Subscribers who are registered with Karvy CRA. Subscriber can download the NPS Mobile App from Google Play store by searching the name “NPS by Karvy-CRA”. | 13-Apr-17 |
2 | e-Sign | The e-Sign facility has been implemented for Subscriber registering (Tier I or Tier I & Tier II) through eNPS using Aadhaar authentication and the same is now available for Subscribers. | 21-Apr-17 |
3 | CGMS | Following facility has been developed: | 29-Apr-17 |
4 | SMS/Email | Subscriber will get to know that the PRAN Kit has been dispatched by CRA. | 29-Apr-17 |
5 | Missed Call Service | Subscriber can now just give a missed call to 9212993399 through his/her registered mobile number for knowing his/her balance in NPS account. | 26-May-17 |
6 | Mobile App | Now the online contribution facility has been made available outside the login. In this case, Subscribers details will be authenticated through OTP and contribution will be allowed. | 26-May-17 |
7 | Mobile App | Currently, Mobile App for Karvy CRA Subscribers is available for Android users. Now the same has been made available for iOS users. The following features are provided through the Mobile App: | 31-May-17 |
8 | Interoperability | Interoperability between both the CRAs has been implemented. The changes related to shifting of Corporate Subscriber from one CRA to another CRA has been made available. | 05-Jun-17 |
9 | GUI | Positioning and label of the "Generate/Reset Password" has been changed to make it more subscriber friendly. | 30-Jun-17 |
10 | GUI | Following are the message w.r.t. Service Tax has been changed to display the GST instead of Service tax: | 30-Jun-17 |
11 | Limited Access View | Limited access View (Without login) - A link has been made available on CRA system wherein Subscriber/Nodal Office can check the status of various request without login into CRA system. Subscriber/Nodal office has to enter the PRAN or Ack ID or Receipt No (as per request) and latest status will be displayed. Following are the request type has been considered: | 30-Jun-17 |
Interoperability between recordkeeping agencies enables subscriber choice and streamlined portability of NPS accounts. PFRDA-directed upgrades enabled interoperability between CRAs allowing annual CRA choice and shifting; introduced mobile and web features including Aadhaar seeding, OTP password reset, captcha-based contributions, bilingual apps, 'remember PRAN', online Tier II withdrawal to registered bank accounts, e-Sign via Aadhaar, a second payment gateway, and updated transactional messaging replacing Service Tax with GST. Enhancements also included transaction/holding statement access, PRAN dispatch notifications, missed-call balance enquiry, limited-access status checks without login, and strengthened grievance escalation to NPS Trust with specified escalation after unresolved thirty-day periods.
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