Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority

The Government of India had, in the year 1999, commissioned a national project titled "OASIS" (an acronym for old age social & income security) to examine policy related to old age income security in India. Based on the recommendations of the OASIS report, Government of India introduced a new Defined Contribution Pension System for the new entrants to Central/State Government service, except to Armed Forces, replacing the existing system of Defined Benefit Pension System. On 23 August 2003, Interim Pension Fund Regulatory & Development Authority (PFRDA) was established through a resolution by the Government of India to promote, develop and regulate pension sector in India. The contributory pension system was notified by the Government of India on 22 December 2003, now named the National Pension System (NPS) with effect from 1 January 2004. The NPS was subsequently extended to all citizens of the country w.e.f. 1 May 2009 including self employed professionals and others in the unorganized sector on a voluntary basis.

Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA)
TypeRegulator
IndustryPension
Founded23 August 2003
HeadquartersNew Delhi, India [1]
Key people
Supratim Bandyopadhyay, Chairman
Number of employees
61
Websitepfrda.org.in

The Pension Fund Regulatory & Development Authority Act was passed on 19 September 2013 and the same was notified on 1 February 2014. PFRDA is regulating NPS, subscribed by employees of Govt. of India, State Governments and by employees of private institutions/organizations & unorganized sectors. The PFRDA is ensuring the orderly growth and development of pension market.

Structure

The Authority consists of a Chairperson and not more than six members, of whom at least three shall be whole-time members, to be appointed by the Central Government.

Current members
  1. Shri Supratim Bandyopadhyay, Chairperson [2]
  2. Shri Pramod Kumar Singh, Whole-Time Member(Law) [3]

History

PFRDA have set up a Trust under the Indian Trusts Act, 1882 to oversee the functions of the Pension Fund Managers (PFMs). The NPS Trust is composed of members representing diverse fields and brings wide range of talent to the regulatory framework. The Union Parliament passed the IPRDA [Interim Pension Fund Regulatory & Development Authority] Bill in February 2003 as a Budget Announcement, approved by the then President of India, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. It was meant to be in place till the final and fool-proof system was prepared, re-approved, and implemented in a way acceptable to all political parties in India, including the opposition. Tamil Nadu became the first state to implement NPS for its newly appointed employees from the financial year 2003–04, under the Chief Ministership of Jayalalitha.

On 19 September 2013,[4] the President, Pranab Mukherjee, gave his assent to Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Bill of 2013, which was passed in the Monsoon Session of Parliament on 4 September 2013 in the Lok Sabha and 6 September 2013 in the Rajya Sabha, to make it a Permanent Act. This improved, foolproof and re-approved Bill, with the acceptance of all political parties in India, has replaced the old and imperfect IPRDA Bill of 2003.[5] The President of India is the guardian of the PFRDA, subject to his Financial Emergency Powers, as per the Articles of Indian Constitution. PFRDA now has Full Autonomy & functioning Independently from F.Y. 2014–15.

National Pension System
Main article: National Pension Scheme

National Pension System is a defined contributory pensions introduced by Government of India. It is mandatory for all Central Government employees with effect from 1 January 2004. It extends to all citizens of India including workers of the unorganized sector on a voluntary basis with effect from 1 May 2009.[6] On 29 October 2015 the Reserve Bank of India allowed Non-Resident Indians (NRI) to subscribe to NPS.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. https://financialservices.gov.in/sites/default/files/Chairman%20PFRDA%20Notification%20%28English%20Version%29.pdf
  3. https://financialservices.gov.in/sites/default/files/Notification%20for%20the%20appointment%20of%20WTM%20%28Law%29%20in%20PFRDA.pdf
  4. http://www.pfrda.org.in/index.cshtml
  5. Government of India (19 September 2013). "serial no.s 82 and 10 for Ministry of Law and attention as The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 2013". Act No. 23. The Gazette of India. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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