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Enhancing Financial Literacy for Better Regulations & Inclusive NPS Campaigns

Learn about PFRDA's role in regulating the pension sector and promoting financial literacy. Explore the NPS features, recent developments, and the importance of inclusion campaigns. Discover the need for a national coordinating agency and innovative solutions in financial education.

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Enhancing Financial Literacy for Better Regulations & Inclusive NPS Campaigns

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  1. Financial Literacy & NPS P. K. Tiwari Executive Director Pension Funds Regulatory & Development Authority

  2. PFRDA: What we do • Established by Govt. resolution; proposed to be statutory in due course • Mandate: regulation and development of pension sector • Administers New Pension System (NPS) • For Govt. employees: 1 Jan 2004 • For Unorganised sector: 1 May 2009 • First of its kind: available to all citizens

  3. NPS: Distinctive Features • DC, voluntary, IRA based • 3 sets of intermediaries • POPs: open accounts, accept contributions • CRA: mobility across regions/ professions • PFMs: professional, appointed through bidding • Electronic transfer of info and funds • Very low costs • Individual has choices of PFM, invest. Schemes etc

  4. NPS: Recent Developments • Contribution by Govt.: Budget announcement • States encouraged to follow • 39 POPs registered, over 50,000 POS • We plan to make the distribution network most comprehensive • Option of opening accounts online • NPS at your desktop is an avowed objective

  5. Fin. Literacy and NPS • Inclusion must also look at post working life • NPS must be an integral part of inclusion/ literacy campaigns • RBI initiative to bring villages of 2000 within banking fold perfectly fits in our plan • Synergy with employment guarantee program- move towards livelihood guarantee • Pension Ganga must touch every vulnerable

  6. Literacy Campaigns: bird’s eye view • Many laudable initiatives • Ministry of Corporate Affairs, RBI, NABARD, Regulators, Stock exchanges, banks (Citi, ICICI etc) • NGOs: Microfinance touches more than 80 million lives • National Alliance for Financial Literacy (NAFIL) • ICICI Foundation

  7. The way ahead • Need for a national level coordinating agency • Experience of US, UK, Australia, NZ • Funding issues: Govt., regulators, PPP • Need for innovative solutions • Key components: • Linkage with school education • Online tools/ tech. based solutions • Helpline (national/ regional)

  8. Literacy: other important issues • What is it aimed at? • Ability to make informed decisions or ask right questions • Need to lay standards of fin. Literacy • LTCM failed with 3 Nobel laureates on board • Greenspan (2007) admitted he was aware of the risk in MBS much before the crisis (2008) • Literacy campaign has to be a continuous process

  9. Fin. Literacy and regulation • Complementary and not substitutes • Reg. very important as risk is rapidly shifting to consumer: literacy alone not sufficient • Stability requires a dynamic review of policies, practices (e.g., leveraging) and products (MBS), all of which can pose a risk collectively or individually • Literacy only a means, not an end • A broader view transcending regulatory silos required

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