Number of account holders under NPS, NPY schemes increased by 22 percent to 4.15 crore in February

The number of account holders under the National Pension Scheme (NPS) and Atal Pension Yojana (APY) increased by 22 percent to 4.15 crore at the end of February 2021. “By February 2021, the number of account holders in various schemes has increased from 340.34 lakh in February 2020 to 414.70 lakh, showing an increase of 21.85 percent on an annual basis,” PFRDA said in a statement on Wednesday.

The statement said that the total pension assets under management as on 28 February 2021 stood at Rs 5,59,594 crore, an increase of 33.09 per cent over the same period a year ago.

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