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Who among the following can join the National Pension System NPS ........

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    Who among the following can join the National Pension System (NPS)?

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    Resident Indian citizens only

    Incorrect Answer

    Persons of age from 21 to 55 only

    Incorrect Answer

    All State Government employees joining the services after the date of notification by the respective State Governments

    Correct Answer

    All Central Government employees including those of Armed Forces joining the services on or after 1St April, 2004

    Incorrect Answer
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    Explanation:

    The employees of the corporate entity, enrolled by the employer having Indian Citizenship between the age of 18-60 years and complying with the KYC norms, are eligible to be registered as subscribers under NPS.

    • NPS is mandatorily applicable on Central Government employees (except Armed Forces) recruited on or after 01.01.2004. Subsequently, all State Governments excluding West Bengal have also adopted NPS for their employees. Govt.
    •  NPS is applicable to all the employees of State Governments, State Autonomous Bodies joining services after the date of notification by the respective State Governments.
    • All citizens of India between the age of 18 and 60 years as on the date of submission of his / her application to Point of Presence (POP) / Point of Presence-Service Provider (POP-SP) can join NPS.
    • NRIs were also allowed to open National Pension Scheme (NPS) accounts online.

    Hence option 3rd is correct.

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    Noorbir Singh

    in earlier question D option was given as answer?

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    Shubham Tiwari

    Option 3rd is correct, NPS is mandatorily applicable on Central Government employees (except Armed Forces) recruited on or after 01.01.2004. Subsequently, all State Governments excluding West Bengal have also adopted NPS for their employees. Govt.

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