As it is well known that the income tax department has allowed Aadhaar card holders to use the biometric id number in lieu of the Permanent Account Number (PAN). But as per new provision of Income Tax, fine of Rs. 10,000 may be levied in case of wrong Aadhar Number. As per the latest amendments in the Finance Bill 2019, not only allowed people to use Aadhaar in lieu of PAN but also introduced a penalty for giving a false Aadhaar number. However, the new penalty rules are applicable only in cases where you are using Aadhaar in lieu of PAN and where quoting PAN is mandatory according to the income tax department rules. It is well known that although Aadhaar is issued by the Unique Identity Authority of India, yet the fine is not imposed by UIDAI but by the income tax department. Under Section 272B of the Income Tax Act, 1961, the department can impose a penalty in case of default in complying with provisions relating to PAN, i.e., failure to obtain, quote, or authenticate PAN.
The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA)
which regulates the National Pension System (NPS) has delivered double digit
returns for the financial year 2012-13.
Due to this performance PFRDA has evidenced itself as not just
being the cheapest retirement product but also as the highest returns
generating scheme. PFRDA informed about the average annual returns delivered by
the NPS schemes, during the financial year ended on 31.03.2013, is as under :
(Weighted Average):
Details are as under:
Sr. No. Scheme Weighted.
Average Returns (in %)
1
Central Government
12.39
2
State Government
13.00
3
Swavalamban
13.40
4
Private: Equity
8.38
5
Private: Corporate Debt
14.19
6
Private: Government Debt
13.52
Last year revised
guidelines had been issued by PFRDA for Registration of Pension Fund Managers
to manage NPS for Private sector, under which eight Pension Fund Managers
have been registered so far- SBI Pension Funds Pvt. Ltd., UTI
Retirement Solutions Ltd., LIC Pension Fund Ltd., Kotak Mahindra Pension
Fund Ltd., Reliance Capital Pension Fund Ltd., ICICI Prudential Pension
Funds Management Co. Ltd., HDFC Pension Management Co. Ltd. and DSP BlackRock
Pension Fund Managers Pvt. Ltd.
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