Are you planning to open an NPS account? What are the benefits of opting for NPS as a retirement planning investment? In this week’s episode of TOI Wallet Talks, Nirav Karkera, Head – Research at Fisdom takes us through some basic rules for NPS investing. NPS or National Pension Scheme as it is popularly known was first launched in 2004 for government employees and was later opened to everyone in 2009.
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Watch the video above to learn more about what percentage of your corpus can you withdraw at the time of retirement and what needs to be mandatorily reinvested. Also find out how NPS is similar to mutual funds and where it differs.
According to Karkera, NPS is quite similar to mutual funds. “Mutual funds are a very popular investment vehicle and the concept is very similar here as well. So in a mutual fund, you have a lot many investors pooling their money together and hand it over to a fund manager to manage it professionally and deliver returns. Something very similar happens here,” he tells TOI.
Karkera also explains about the active choice NPS and auto choice NPS that individuals can choose from. He explains the pros and cons, including tax benefits, of investing in NPS over mutual funds and Public Provident Fund (PPF) and also talks about Tier 1 and Tier 2 NPS. Watch the video above to know how to decide the amount of money you should set aside for NPS contributions every year to get the desired retirement corpus.