PFRDA circulars 2026

Every PFRDA circular issued during 2026, in reverse date order. Open any record for the captured text, or go straight to the official PFRDA document behind it.

34 circulars published in 2026 · latest 13 Jul 2026

Past 7 days

PFRDA03 Aug 2026CircularPFRDA/2026/42/REG-PF/08

Same-Day Investment of NPS Contributions Received by Trustee Bank up to 1:30 PM

PFRDA29 Jul 2026CircularPFRDA/2026/41/REG-POP/07

Engagement of Additional Entities as Pension Agents by Points of Presence

Official title: Circular - Permitting the Point of Presence (PoP) for engagement of ‘other persons’ as Pension Agents for distribution of Pension Schemes under Regulation 2(1)(j)(iv) of PFRDA (Point of Presence) Regulations, 2018

Past 30 days

PFRDA13 Jul 2026CircularPFRDA/2026/40/REG-PF/07

Introduction of NPS PRIDE- DISHA Digital Tool Kit

Official title: Circular - Introduction of NPS PRIDE- DISHA (Pension Fund Returns for Informed Decision & Empowerment) : A Subscriber Awareness and Decision Support Digital Tool Kit

PFRDA08 Jul 2026CircularPFRDA/2026/39/SUP-CGSG/01

Enhancement of Investment Choice Options under NPS for Central Autonomous Bodies Subscribers

Official title: Enhancement of Investment Choice Options under NPS for subscribers of Central Autonomous Bodies (CABs)

Earlier this year

PFRDA16 Jun 2026Circular

Audit of Points of Presence (PoPs) performing activities of National Pension System (NPS) including NPS Vatsalya (PoPs – NPS)

PFRDA16 Jun 2026Circular

Audit of Points of Presence performing activities of Atal Pension Yojana (PoPs-APY)

PFRDA16 Jun 2026Circular

Audit of Points of Presence performing activities of NPS-Lite (PoPs-NPS-Lite)

PFRDA15 Jun 2026CircularPFRDA/2026/35/P&DCORP/01

Compliance towards Government Entity Criteria and Flat Charge Structure for PoP Services

Official title: Compliance towards Government Entity Criteria and applicability of Flat charge structure for availing PoP services by such entity(s)

PFRDA02 Jun 2026CircularPFRDA/2026/32/REG-POP/06

Introduction of StAR NPS Platform for Subscriber Onboarding

Official title: Introduction of StAR NPS platform developed by BSE Technologies Pvt Ltd (BTPL) for onboarding of subscribers under NPS reg

PFRDA01 Jun 2026CircularPFRDA/2026/31/REG-CRA/02

Framework for Regulatory Sandbox for Facilitating Responsible Innovation in the Pension Sector

PFRDA14 May 2026Circular

Introduction of Retirement Income Schemes (RIS) and Drawdown options under the National Pension System (NPS)

PFRDA13 May 2026CircularPFRDA/2026/30/SUP-ASP/01

Permissibility and Procedure for Surrender of Annuity Policies in Certain Cases

Official title: Clarification on permissibility and procedure for surrender of annuity policies in certain cases

PFRDA12 May 2026CircularPFRDA/2026/29/REG-PF/06

Inclusion of Rupee Bonds Issued by New Development Bank in NPS Investment Universe

Official title: Inclusion of Rupee Bonds issued by New Development Bank in the eligible investment universe under NPS

PFRDA11 May 2026CircularPFRDA/2026/26/REG-POP/05

Clarification on Engagement of Pension Agents under PFRDA (Point of Presence) Regulations

Official title: Clarification on engagement of Pension Agents under the PFRDA (Point of Presence) Regulations 2018 and amendments thereof

PFRDA11 May 2026Circular

Extension of incentive framework to grass-root Pension Agents for enrollments facilitated under NPS Sanchay

PFRDA05 May 2026CircularPFRDA/2026/25/NPS-AGRI/01

Introduction of NPS Sanchay under All Citizen Model and MSF Framework

Official title: Introduction of ‘NPS Sanchay’ (simplified NPS Variant) under All Citizen Model and MSF Framework for Informal Sector

PFRDA04 May 2026CircularPFRDA/2026/24/REG-PF/05

Applicability of SEBI Regulations relating to Insider Trading, Self-Dealing and Front Running to NPS investments

Official title: Applicability of SEBI Regulations relating to Insider Trading, Self-Dealing and Front Running to NPS investments – Supersession of PFRDA Circular dated 25 July 2019

PFRDA28 Apr 2026Circular

Clarification on Charge Structure of CRAs under the pension schemes regulated / administered by the PFRDA

PFRDA06 Apr 2026CircularPFRDA/2026/22/SUP-CRA/03

NPS Swasthya Pension Scheme Proof of Concept 2 under Regulatory Sandbox Framework

Official title: NPS Swasthya Pension Scheme- Proof of Concept (PoC 2) under the Regulatory Sandbox Framework

PFRDA19 Mar 2026CircularPFRDA/2026/20/REG-POP/04

Permitting Points of Presence for Engagement of Other Persons as Pension Agents

Official title: Permitting the Points of Presence for Engagement of Other Persons as Pension Agents dated 20.03.2026