Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) reported more than 19 per cent growth year-on-year to 1.65 crore members in fiscal 2024, the latest payroll data shows, showing improvement in the employment situation in the country, reported Press Trust of India. “In last 6 and half years alone, more than 6.1 crore members joined the EPFO fold, … Read more
I am 38 years old, make ₹1.35 lakh a month, and want to accumulate ₹5 crore for my retirement. Where and how should I invest to achieve this objective? —Name withheld on request You are 38, and if you plan to retire at the age of 60 with a corpus of ₹5 crore, you should … Read more
An argument that is often heard against the National Pension Scheme(NPS) is the long lock-in till age of 60 years. Another concern is the accessibility of the corpus in case of early retirement. Subscribers have for long been used to defined benefit scheme like the employee provident fund which gives a fixed return and find … Read more