Exempt Contributions: Tax deductions are available for contributions as mentioned in the earlier slide.
Exempt Accumulation: The returns on NPS contributions are free from tax.
Exempt Withdrawals:
- Up to 60% of the accumulated corpus can be withdrawn tax-free after achieving the age of 60.
- The remaining 40% must be necessarily used to purchase an annuity, which is also tax-exempt.
- No GST is payable towards the purchase of the same.
- However, pension payments from the purchased annuity are subject to tax at the individual’s applicable rate at the time of receipt of the pension amount.