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The National Pension System (NPS) is a voluntary defined contribution pension system administered and regulated by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), created by an Act of the Parliament of India. The NPS started with the decision of the Government of India to stop defined benefit pensions for all its employees who ...
The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) is a Government of Ghana statutory agency responsible for the regulation and policy development of pensions administration in Ghana. The NPRA was established by the National Pensions Act 2008, (Act 766) to regulate and monitor the operations of the three-tier pension scheme and ensure effective ...
The PFRDA ensures the orderly growth and development of pension market. 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.
India operates a complex pension system. There are however three major pillars to the Indian pension system: the solidarity social assistance called the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) for the elderly poor, the civil servants pension (now open for all) and the mandatory defined contribution pension programs run by the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation of India for private ...
The Board administers a contributory provident fund, pension scheme and an insurance scheme for the workforce engaged in the organised sector in India. [9] The board is chaired by the Union Labour Minister of India. Presently, the following three schemes are in operation under the Act: Employees' Provident Fund Scheme, 1952
The Unified Pension Scheme (UPS), introduced by the Government of India in 2024 as an optional pension scheme along with the National Pension System (NPS) for the government employees, it aims to provide a comprehensive and centralised pension system for Central government employees. The scheme is designed to consolidate various existing ...
In Ghana, there were changes made to the pension system by a law called Act 766 of 2008. [1] This new system was put into action in January 2010, replacing all existing pension schemes in Ghana, including Cap 30. Later, in 2014, the National Pensions (Amendment) Act 883 was passed to modify some parts of Act 766. [1]
CRISIL Chief Economist D K Joshi pointed out "OPS is an unfunded pension and is therefore a pressure point. There is enough evidence globally, that unfunded pension schemes can lead to extreme fiscal stress at some point in time. It would be if can get that out. The New Pension Scheme is much better as at least there is funding for it." [21]