PFRDA circular PFRDA/2025/07/PDES/01 · 12 Sept 2025
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Corporate Model NPS Revision in provisions for exercising PF and investment choices & Bulk Authorization of employees' NPS application by corporates
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Check the official recordThe Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority has revised the operational framework for the Corporate Model of the National Pension System (NPS). Under the updated guidelines, either the employer or the employee may select the Pension Fund and asset allocation, provided both are chosen together. If an employer makes these selections, the employee may revise them after one year. Additionally, the circular introduces provisions for bulk authorization of employee NPS applications by corporates, either through physical documentation or an online portal. Corporates must notify the Central Recordkeeping Agency (CRA) to enable these authorization options. This circular supersedes the previous guidelines issued in 2018 and applies to all corporate entities effective immediately.
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CIRCULAR
Circular No.: PFRDA/2025/07/PDES/01
September 12, 2025
To, All Stakeholders under NPS
Sir/Madam,
Subject: Corporate Model NPS: Revision in the provisions for exercising PF and investment choices & Bulk Authorization of employees' NPS application by corporates
This is in supersession of Circular No. PFRDA/2018/53/P&D/2 dated 14th November 2018.
(a). Exercise of choice of Pension Fund and of Asset Allocation by Employer/Corporate and Employee/Subscriber:
(i). Either the Employer/Corporate OR Employee/Subscriber will have choice of selecting the Pension Fund and Asset Allocation. However, whoever exercises the choice should select both the Pension Fund & Asset Allocation.
(ii). If the Employer/Corporate exercises choice of Pension Fund and Asset Allocation on behalf of Employee/Subscriber, then such Employee/Subscriber will have the option to revise the choices after 1 (one) year (i.e 365 days).
(b). Bulk authorisation of NPS applications of underlying employees by the employer (corporate) through physical and online mode:
(i). Corporate/Employer will have the option to authorise the NPS applications of its employees individually (in the application form itself) or separately on the corporate letterhead for bulk authorisation for which CRA has to be intimated in advance for enabling this option in the CRA system.
(ii). Corporate/Employer willing to authorise online the employment details of employee/applicant joining NPS should submit an application on its letterhead to CRA and CRA will create a user id and login for such corporate for enabling online authorisation of employees' NPS applications.
Yours sincerely,
(Sumit Kumar) Chief General Manager
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