- The number of subscribers in various schemes under the National Pension System (NPS) rose to 507.23 lakh by end-February 2022 from 414.70 lakh in February 2021 showing a year- on- year (Y-o-Y) increase of 22.31% (Table No- 1)
Table-1: Number of Subscribers in various schemes under National Pension System and Atal Pension Yojana
(No. in Lakh)
S.N. | Sector | Feb-21 | Mar-21 | Feb-22 | Growth % YOY |
1 | Central Government | 21.68 | 21.76 | 22.75 | 4.94 |
2 | State Government | 50.76 | 51.41 | 55.44 | 9.22 |
3 | Corporate Sector | 11.04 | 11.25 | 13.80 | 25.00 |
4 | All Citizen Sector | 15.49 | 16.47 | 21.33 | 37.70 |
5 | NPS Lite* | 43.04 | 43.02 | 41.88 | – |
6 | Atal Pension Yojana | 272.69 | 280.49 | 352.02 | 29.09 |
Grand Total | 414.70 | 424.40 | 507.22 | 22.31 |
*No fresh Registration permitted w.e.f. 01st April 2015
- As on 28th February 2022, total pension assets under management stood at Rs. 7,17,467 crore showing a Y-o-Y growth of 28.21% (Table No- 2).
Table- 2: Total Assets under Management under Nation Pension System and Atal Pension Yojana
(Rs. In Crore)
S.N. |
Sector |
Feb-21 |
Mar-21 |
Feb-22 |
Growth % YOY |
1 | Central Government | 177240 | 181788 | 215384 | 21.52 |
2 | State Government | 282123 | 291381 | 361133 | 28.01 |
3 | Corporate Sector | 60,030 | 62609 | 85367 | 42.21 |
4 | All Citizen Sector | 20,803 | 22206 | 30485 | 46.54 |
5 | NPS Lite | 4,284 | 4354 | 4644 | 8.41 |
6 | Atal Pension Yojana | 15,114 | 15687 | 20454 | 35.33 |
Grand Total | 559594 | 578025 | 717467 | 28.21 |