PFRDA releases National Pension System (NPS) data including Atal Pension Yojana (APY) for February 2021.

1. The number of subscribers in various schemes under the NPS rose to 414.70 lakh by end-February 2021 from 340.34 lakh in February 2020 showing a year- on- year (Y-o-Y) increase of 21.85% (Table No- 1)

Table-1: Number of Subscribers in various schemes under NPS and APY

 (No. in Lakh)

S.N.SectorFeb-20Mar-20Feb-21Growth % YOY 
 
   
1Central Government20.9421.0221.683.52   
2State Government47.2947.5450.767.33   
3Corporate Sector9.459.7311.0416.81   
4All Citizen Sector11.9212.5215.4929.99   
5NPS Lite*43.3343.3243.04   
6Atal Pension Yojana207.41211.42272.6931.48   
Grand Total340.34345.55414.7021.85   

*No fresh Registration permitted w.e.f. 01st April 2015

2.  As on 28thFebruary 2021, total pension assets under management stood at Rs. 5,59,594 crore showing a Y-o-Y growth of 33.09% (Table No. 2).

     Table- 2: Total Assets under Management under NPS and APY

(Rs. In Crore)

S.N.SectorFeb-20Mar-20Feb-21Growth % YOY 
 
  
1Central Government1,39,2941,38,0461,77,24027.24  
2State Government2,11,8092,11,0232,82,12333.20  
3Corporate Sector41,71541,24360,03043.91  
4All Citizen Sector13,37412,91320,80355.55  
5NPS Lite3,8073,7284,28412.53  
6Atal Pension Yojana10,47910,52615,11444.23  
Grand Total4,20,4794,17,4795,59,59433.09  

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