Corporate NPS – Employee Presentation

About NPS

Simple & easy to understand

Pension Scheme by Govt of India

Fully portable across jobs and locations

Regulated by PFRDA (Pension Fund Regulatory &

USP of NPS
About NPS
Development Authority

Online accessibility of account details

Applicable for Indian citizen including NRI and
OCI

Choice of funds and investment strategies

Entry Age: 18 – 65 Years

Flexible exit and withdrawal options

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How NPS Works?

Employee starts investing in NPS directly / through On Exit, a portion of Corpus comes to Employee in lump sum and
Employer balance to be invested in Annuity

Accumulation Phase

Withdrawal Phase

In case of death of
Employee, Nominee / Legal Heir can
claim the Corpus
Employee starts getting pension depending on the Annuity
scheme selection

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 Value proposition for Employees

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Exclusive Tax Benefits beyond 80C
Particulars Without NPS With NPS

Exclusive tax benefit on investment in NPS Salary

Basic (40% of Gross) 20,00,000 20,00,000
HRA (50% of Basic) 10,00,000 10,00,000

1. Contribution of up to 10% of Basic Salary (to the Other Allowances 16,63,800 14,63,800
extent of 7.5 lakh*) is eligible for tax deduction u/s Corporate Contribution - EPF 2,40,000 2,40,000
80CCD (2) Corporate Contribution - Gratuity 96,200 96,200
Corporate Contribution - NPS 0 2,00,000
2. Contribution of up to Rs.50,000 is eligible for tax Total Salary 50,00,000 50,00,000
deduction u/s 80CCD (1B)
Deductions
80CCE 1,50,000 1,50,000
Corporate Contribution – EPF 2,40,000 2,40,000
Both the tax benefits are mutually exclusive and can be Corporate Contribution – Gratuity 96,200 96,200
availed of at the same time Corporate Contribution - NPS [80CCD (2)] 0 2,00,000
Individual Contribution to NPS [80CCD (1B)] 0 50,000
* This limit includes Employer’s EFF and Superannuation Total Deductions 4,86,200 7,36,200
contribution
Taxable Salary 45,13,800 42,63,800
Change in Taxable Salary 2,50,000
Tax Saved on NPS investment @ 30% 75,000

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Extremely Low Cost of Operations

Expense Ratio (as % of AUM)

ULIP 2.50%

ULPP 2.00%

MF - Equity 2.25%

MF - Debt 0.75%

NPS 0.15%

Calculated on an yearly investment of Rs. 50,000 for 10 years of more

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 NPS Scheme details

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Types of NPS Accounts & Operating Guidelines

Tier I NPS account Tier II NPS account

 Also known as Pension Account  Also known as Investment Account

 Its mandatory to open in order to join NPS  Option for Subscriber. It can be opened later as well

 Withdrawal from this account is conditional  Withdrawal from this account is permitted any time

Operating guidelines of Tier 1 and Tier 2 NPS account

Particulars Tier I Account Tier II Account

Initial Contribution required to open Account Rs. 500 Rs. 1,000

Minimum amount of subsequent Contribution Rs. 500 Rs. 250

Minimum Annual Contribution required Rs. 1,000 Nil

 NPS account is frozen if employee does not deposit minimum annual contribution required.

 For Corporate NPS, initial Contribution is not required.

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Choice of Fund Managers, Funds & Investment Strategies
 Choice of Pension Fund Manager - Employee gets a  Choice of Asset Class (Fund)
choice to select any of the registered Pension Fund
Managers to manage the funds  Equities (E)

 HDFC Pension  Corporate Bonds (C)

 ICICI Prudential  Government Securities (G)

 Kotak Pension  Alternative Investment Fund (A)

 Birla Sun Life Pension

 SBI Pension  Choice of Investment Strategy

 UTI Retirement Solutions  Active Choice - Active fund management by

employee with cap of 75% and 5% in asset class
 LIC Pension E and A respectively

 Auto Choice - Investment in a life cycle fund (as

per age of the Employee). 3 life cycle funds are
LC 75, LC 50 and LC 25

Employee can change the Pension Fund Manager once in a financial year and investment strategy twice in a financial year.

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Active Choice – Equity Exposure Limit

Employee up to 50 years of age can opt for up to 75% of equity exposure. Post that, the equity exposure would keep on
reducing as per below chart:

Age (in years) Max Equity Exposure

51 72.50%
52 70.00%
53 67.50%
54 65.00%
55 62.50%
56 60.00%
57 57.50%
58 55.00%
59 52.50%
60 50.00%

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Auto Choice – Investment Pattern
Aggressive Life Cycle (LC75) Moderate Life Cycle (LC50) Conservative Life Cycle (LC25)

Age (Yrs) E% C% G% E% C% G% E% C% G%
< = 35 75 10 15 50 30 20 25 45 30
36 71 11 18 48 29 23 24 43 33
37 67 12 21 46 28 26 23 41 36
38 63 13 24 44 27 29 22 39 39
39 59 14 27 42 26 32 21 37 42
40 55 15 30 40 25 35 20 35 45
41 51 16 33 38 24 38 19 33 48
42 47 17 36 36 23 41 18 31 51
43 43 18 39 34 22 44 17 29 54
44 39 19 42 32 21 47 16 27 57
45 35 20 45 30 20 50 15 25 60
46 32 20 48 28 19 53 14 23 63
47 29 20 51 26 18 56 13 21 66
48 26 20 54 24 17 59 12 19 69
49 23 20 57 22 16 62 11 17 72
50 20 20 60 20 15 65 10 15 75
51 19 18 63 18 14 68 9 13 78
52 18 16 66 16 13 71 8 11 81
53 17 14 69 14 12 74 7 9 84
54 16 12 72 12 11 77 6 7 87
> = 55 15 10 75 10 10 80 5 5 90

Re-balancing of portfolio under Auto choice is done on next date of birth of the employee. It’s a system driven activity

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Fund Performance
Fund Performance of NPS PFMs as on: 2nd July, 2021

Aggressive Investment (75% Equities, 10% Corporate Bonds, 15% G-Sec)

PFM 1 Yr Rank 3 Yrs Rank 5 Yrs Rank 7 Yrs Rank
HDFC Pension 39.84% 4 14.05% 1 13.54% 1 11.73% 1
ICICI Pru Pension 40.87% 2 13.43% 2 12.50% 3 11.06% 4
Kotak Pension 38.47% 5 13.42% 3 12.55% 2 11.08% 3
SBI Pension 37.23% 6 12.62% 7 12.21% 5 10.85% 5
UTI pension 40.63% 3 12.98% 5 12.31% 4 11.26% 2
LIC Pension 41.01% 1 13.06% 4 11.82% 6 10.49% 6

Moderate / Balanced Investment (50% Equities, 30% Corporate Bonds, 20% G-Sec)
PFM 1 Yr Rank 3 Yrs Rank 5 Yrs Rank 7 Yrs Rank
HDFC Pension 28.78% 4 13.15% 1 12.19% 1 11.20% 1
ICICI Pru Pension 29.45% 1 12.58% 2 11.43% 2 10.74% 2
Kotak Pension 27.50% 5 12.30% 4 11.28% 3 10.60% 4
SBI Pension 26.79% 6 12.07% 7 11.24% 4 10.57% 5
UTI pension 28.82% 3 12.11% 6 11.13% 5 10.70% 3
LIC Pension 29.42% 2 12.50% 3 11.04% 6 10.38% 6

Conservative Investment (25% Equities, 45% Corporate Bonds, 30% G-Sec)

PFM 1 Yr Rank 3 Yrs Rank 5 Yrs Rank 7 Yrs Rank
HDFC Pension 17.48% 3 12.28% 1 10.81% 1 10.67% 1
ICICI Pru Pension 17.82% 1 11.76% 3 10.35% 2 10.43% 2
Kotak Pension 16.37% 5 11.27% 6 10.04% 5 10.15% 5
SBI Pension 16.17% 6 11.55% 5 10.25% 4 10.30% 4
UTI pension 16.81% 4 11.27% 7 9.93% 6 10.15% 6
LIC Pension 17.65% 2 12.00% 2 10.32% 3 10.32% 3

Returns As on 2nd Jul’21

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Partial Withdrawal, Exit & Death Benefit

Partial Withdrawal Pre-mature exit Exit on Maturity Death Benefit

• Allowed after 3 years of • Allowed after 10 years of • Exit on retirement age • Entire Corpus can be
account opening account opening defined by the Corporate claimed by nominee / legal
is treated as exit on heir
• Up to 25% of Contributed • Up to 20% of Corpus is maturity
amount can be withdrawn allowed for withdrawal
• Up to 60% of Corpus is
• In the entire life span, 3 • Balance amount gets allowed for withdrawal
withdrawals are permitted invested in annuity
• Minimum 40% of Corpus to
• Contribution deposited for be invested in annuity
availing tax benefit u/s
80CCD (2) shall not be
available for partial
withdrawal

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Tax Treatment on Partial Withdrawal, Exit & Death Benefit

Partial Withdrawal Pre Mature Exit Exit on Maturity Death Benefit

Amount withdrawn is tax Amount withdrawn is tax Amount withdrawn is tax Amount received by
free free free Nominee / Legal heir is tax
exempt

Tax treatment on Annuity

 Amount invested in Annuity is tax exempt

 Pension received is treated as Income and will be taxed appropriately, if falling into any tax bracket

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Investment in Annuity
 Choice of Annuity Service Provider  Choice of Annuity Scheme

1. HDFC Standard Life Insurance 1. Pension payable for life at a uniform rate to the
Subscriber only
2. ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
2. Pension payable for 5, 10, 15 or 20 years certain
3. Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance and thereafter as long as Subscriber is alive
4. Star Union Dai – Ichi Life Insurance 3. Pension for life with return of purchase price on
death of the Subscriber
5. Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance
4. Pension for life with a provision of 50% / 100%
6. Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce Life
of the annuity payable to spouse during his/her
Insurance
lifetime on death of the Subscriber
7. India First Life Insurance

8. Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance

9. Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance

10. Life Insurance of Corporation (LIC)

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Charges Under NPS (exclusive of GST)

Intermediary Charge Head Charge Frequency of deduction Mode of deduction

Subscriber Registration Rs.200 One time

POP From the contribution
Contribution Processing* 0.25%
(HDFC Pension) On each transaction amount
Non – Financial Transaction Processing Rs. 20
PRAN Generation Rs.39.36 One time
By cancelling the units
CRA
Annual Maintenance Rs.57.63 Per annum on the last day of the
(KFintech)
calendar quarter
Financial Transaction Processing Rs.3.36 On each transaction
Custodian Asset Servicing 0.0032% Through NAV deductions
Per annum
NPS Trust Trust Management 0.001%

*Minimum Rs.20 and maximum Rs.25.000 per transaction

Pension Fund Manager Fees: From 1st Apr’21, Fund Management charge shall be levied basis below AUM slab of the Fund Manager.

AUM Slab (In Cr) PFM Charge (% of AUM)

Up to Rs 10,000 0.09%
Rs 10,001 - Rs 50,000 0.06%
Rs 50,001 - 1,50,000 0.05%
Rs 1,50,000 and above 0.03%

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