Which one of the following statements is not true about National Pension Scheme (NPS)?

Solution

This pension programme is open to employees from the public, private and even the unorganised sectors except those from the armed forces. It encourages people to put money into a pension account at regular periods during their working lives. Subscribers can withdraw a set amount of the corpus after they retire. After retirement, an NPS account holder will receive the leftover amount as a monthly pension. The scheme is portable across jobs and locations, with tax benefits under Section 80C and Section 80CCD.