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NPS Retirement Income Scheme: How payouts work, what happens to annuity and where corpus is invested

IN · 2026-10-02

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Key takeaway

PFRDA launches Retirement Income Schemes (RIS) for NPS subscribers, enabling regular post-retirement payouts.

  1. Step 1 · The triggerPFRDA introduces RIS, allowing NPS subscribers to receive regular payouts from their retirement corpus.
  2. Step 2 · Knock-onThe mandatory annuity purchase requirement remains, directing steady demand to life insurers' annuity products.
  3. Step 3 · Knock-onEnhanced post-retirement flexibility increases NPS attractiveness, potentially raising contributions and AUM for pension fund managers.
  4. Step 4 · Reaches youSMEs offering NPS as an employee benefit see improved staff retention and satisfaction due to better retirement income options.

The trigger is reported by the source below. The steps that follow are Branch²’s traced reasoning — how the shock could reach a business like yours, not a prediction.

Source: livemint.com

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