Govt’s NPS move to enhance social security cover of state govt employees: PFRDA Chairman
Team Udayavani, Feb 2, 2022, 1:04 PM IST
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State government employees will get an enhanced social security cover and will be treated at par with central government staff, as the centre has proposed hike of tax deduction limit to 14 per cent for state government employees under the National Pension System (NPS), PFRDA Chairman Supratim Bandyopadhyay said on Wednesday.
At present, the central government contributes 14 per cent of the salary to the National Pension System, which is allowed as a tax deduction in the income of an employee. For the state government, the tax-free contribution by the employer is 10 per cent.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the Union Budget 2022-23 in Parliament on Tuesday, proposed to increase the tax deduction limit from 10 per cent to 14 per cent in employer’s contribution to the NPS account of the state government employees as well.
”This is a significant announcement to bring state government employees on par with the central government employees and this will help state government employees getting extended social security benefits in line with their counterparts in the union government,” Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) Chairperson Bandyopadhyay said.
Sitharaman said the move will provide equal treatment to both central and state government employees.
This would help in enhancing the social security benefits of the state government employees and bring them at par with central government employees, the Minister said.
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