Senior Citizen Saving Scheme (SCSS) is a “Government Initiative” in line with Government Savings Banks Act, 1873. It comes under “small savings scheme” which became live for public from 2-Aug-2004. Considering that SCSS is a “central government” initiative, the investment made here is highly secure. This is one of the reason which makes it a…
National Pension System (NPS) is a ‘retirement savings scheme’ which anyone can use to build retirement corpus. Yes, NPS is a corpus builder. In itself, NPS cannot generate income after retirement. Why I’m highlighting this fact? Because as an investor we must be aware that only NPS-investing will take us through. More needs to be…
What is annuity? It is an investment product for retired people. Only after retirement, a person can get the benefits of annuity. Annuity is purchased to generate guaranteed regular income. The frequency of income generated by annuity can be monthly, quarterly, semi annually or annually (depending on selection). Is annuity a life insurance? Annuity is…
GOI has announced a pension scheme called “Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY)” for retired people above 60 years of age. PMVVY scheme was made available for sale since 4th-May’2017. It will remain available for sale only till 31st-Mar’2020. Only LIC of India has the sole right to operate PMVVY. One can buy online the…
