Re: [silk] PFRDA and Security

2013-06-18 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Chetan Nagendra che...@nagster.org wrote: I wonder if the PFRDA cannot even secure their website, how will they manage billions in public funds? Your optimism is remarkable. Pension deductions are a form of taxation any way you look at it, either directly on

Re: [silk] PFRDA and Security

2013-06-18 Thread thewall
to take a lump sum and do whatever I want with it. --Original Message-- From: Srini RamaKrishnan Sender: silklist To: silklist@lists.hserus.net ReplyTo: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] PFRDA and Security Sent: Jun 18, 2013 2:16 PM On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Chetan

Re: [silk] PFRDA and Security

2013-06-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Don't confuse the garbage pension + annuity plans offered by various insurers with the NPS, which is what is provided by organizations regulated by the PFRDA. And do note the tax implications of redemption --srs (iPad) On 18-Jun-2013, at 14:45, thew...@gmail.com wrote: I'd have signed up for

Re: [silk] PFRDA and Security

2013-06-18 Thread Deepak Shenoy
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 2:45 PM, thew...@gmail.com wrote: I'd have signed up for a pension plan, but the ones that are on the market lock in a major part of the capital and compulsorily give me an annuity (at negligible returns/ rates of interest). While some will argue that this is the

Re: [silk] PFRDA and Security

2013-06-18 Thread thewall
: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:18:50 To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Reply-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] PFRDA and Security On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 2:45 PM, thew...@gmail.com wrote: I'd have signed up for a pension plan, but the ones that are on the market lock in a major part

Re: [silk] PFRDA and Security

2013-06-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On 18-Jun-2013, at 15:42, thew...@gmail.com wrote: I suspect they'll impose stringent rules on withdrawal. This is not a loophole that will stay open for long. Even in the EPF and in older established pension annuities, there's already stringent rules for withdrawal, and rules for how such

Re: [silk] PFRDA and Security

2013-06-18 Thread thewall
To: silklist@lists.hserus.netsilklist@lists.hserus.net Reply-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Cc: silklist@lists.hserus.netsilklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] PFRDA and Security On 18-Jun-2013, at 15:42, thew...@gmail.com wrote: I suspect they'll impose stringent rules on withdrawal

Re: [silk] PFRDA and Security

2013-06-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On 18-Jun-2013, at 15:55, thew...@gmail.com wrote: But, PF withdrawals are tax free after some reasonable conditions are fulfilled- 5 years service, etc. The only annuity there is the EPS- given that you contribute barely 541/- a month, it would still grow to 12 lakhs after 35 years-

Re: [silk] PFRDA and Security

2013-06-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
thew...@gmail.com [18/06/13 10:25 +]: But, PF withdrawals are tax free after some reasonable conditions are fulfilled- 5 years service, etc. Note - moneylife - while pointing out what I did - has a contrarian view on NPS -

Re: [silk] PFRDA and Security

2013-06-18 Thread thewall
Message- From: Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net Sender: silklist silklist-bounces+thewall=gmail@lists.hserus.netDate: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:45:47 To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Reply-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] PFRDA and Security thew...@gmail.com [18/06/13 10:25

Re: [silk] PFRDA and Security

2013-06-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On 18-Jun-2013, at 16:20, thew...@gmail.com wrote: I'd stick with my PF (I hope they never annuitize *that*!), and handle my market-linked investments on my own. PF + NPS is too skewed, somehow. NPS might make sense if you don't have a PF account (though I still wouldn't have taken it).

Re: [silk] PFRDA and Security

2013-06-18 Thread Chetan Nagendra
The initial focus of the thread that PFRDA's website is porous, has now converted into a PF vs. NPS debate. On 18-Jun-2013, at 4:26 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: On 18-Jun-2013, at 16:20, thew...@gmail.com wrote: I'd stick with my PF (I hope they never annuitize

Re: [silk] PFRDA and Security

2013-06-18 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 5:19 PM, Chetan Nagendra che...@nagster.org wrote: The initial focus of the thread that PFRDA's website is porous, has now converted into a PF vs. NPS debate. This is silklist. The absence of thread drift would be astonishing. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @

Re: [silk] PFRDA and Security

2013-06-18 Thread Deepak Shenoy
The only annuity there is the EPS- given that you contribute barely 541/- a month, it would still grow to 12 lakhs after 35 years- against which you get a maximum of 3250/- per month as pension. That's a 3% rate of return on capital. Why would the NPS be any different? The NPS managers

Re: [silk] PFRDA and Security

2013-06-18 Thread thewall
-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] PFRDA and Security The only annuity there is the EPS- given that you contribute barely 541/- a month, it would still grow to 12 lakhs after 35 years- against which you get a maximum of 3250/- per month as pension. That's a 3% rate of return

Re: [silk] PFRDA and Security

2013-06-18 Thread Deepak Shenoy
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 5:42 PM, thew...@gmail.com wrote: I meant the annuity returns on your corpus. Ah, I agree. The Annuity return is crap, and NPS doesn't provide an annuity (you're supposed to buy it from an insurance company).

Re: [silk] PFRDA and Security

2013-06-18 Thread Chetan Nagendra
I wish there was a like button on Silk. On 18-Jun-2013, at 5:29 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 5:19 PM, Chetan Nagendra che...@nagster.org wrote: The initial focus of the thread that PFRDA's website is porous, has now converted into a PF vs. NPS debate.

[silk] PFRDA and Security

2013-06-17 Thread Chetan Nagendra
Hi all, If any of you are citizens of India and subscribers to the Government sponsored NPS scheme (deferred contribution scheme), or hold a Permanent Retirement Account Number, all of your details (PRAN number, Subscriber Name, Date of Registration and Contribution amounts) can be accessed