Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) releases National Pension System (NPS) data including Atal Pension Yojana (APY) for November 2020

 Dated: 15^th December, 2020

 

1. The number of subscribers in various schemes under the National Pension System (NPS) rose to 388.62 lakh by end-November 2020 from 320.24 lakh in November 2019 showing a year- on- year (Y-o-Y) increase of 21.35% (Table No- 1)

Table-1: Number of Subscribers in various schemes under National Pension System and Atal Pension Yojana

 (No. in Lakh)

S.N.	Sector	Nov-19	Mar-20	Nov-20	Growth % YOY
1	Central Government	20.54	21.02	21.43	4.34
2	State Government	46.05	47.54	49.61	7.73
3	Corporate Sector	9.00	9.74	10.66	18.44
4	All Citizen Sector	10.58	12.52	14.11	33.38
5	NPS Lite*	43.36	43.32	43.12	-
6	Atal Pension Yojana	190.71	211.42	249.69	30.92
Grand Total		320.24	345.55	388.62	21.35

*No fresh Registration permitted w.e.f. 01^st April 2015

2.  As on 30th November 2020, total pension assets under management stood at Rs. 5,32,378 crore showing a Y-o-Y growth of 35.76% (Table No. 2).

 

     Table- 2: Total Assets under Management under Nation Pension System and Atal Pension Yojana

    (Rs. In Crore)

S.N.	Sector	Nov-19	Mar-20	Nov-20	Growth % YOY
1	Central Government	131120	138046	1,71,231	30.59
2	State Government	197637	211023	2,69,359	36.29
3	Corporate Sector	38695	41243	55,462	43.33
4	All Citizen Sector	11815	12913	17,854	51.11
5	NPS Lite	3728	3728	4,251	14.03
6	Atal Pension Yojana	9472	10,526	14,221	50.14
Grand Total		3,92,467	4,17,479	5,32,378	35.65

For further information on NPS and APY please visit www.pfrda.org.in

About PFRDA

Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) is the statutory authority established by an enactment of the Parliament, to regulate, promote and ensure orderly growth of the National Pension System (NPS) and pension schemes to which this Act applies. NPS was initially notified for central government employees recruits wef 1st Jan 2004 and subsequently adopted by almost all State Governments for its employees. NPS was extended to all Indian citizens (resident/non-resident/overseas) voluntarily and to corporates for its employees.

As on 10th Oct 2020, the total number of subscribers under NPS and Atal Pension Yojana has crossed 3.76 crores and the Asset under Management (AUM) has grown to Rs 5,05,424 crores.