Shift to eNPS – The Process and Benefits

In case if you have logged in to your NPS Portal recently you get an option about “Shift to eNPS”. In this post we explain about What is eNPS, the benefits of eNPS and process to shift to eNPS.

What is eNPS?

eNPS is NPS account which has been opened by subscribers using Aadhaar on CRA portal only i.e. account was opened online without visiting any of the POP-SP (Point of Presence – Service Providers). Since eNPS was not available earlier so most of accounts that were opened earlier were using POP-SP.

Also Read: NPS Tax Benefit u/s 80CCD(1), 80CCD(2) and 80CCD(1B)

Benefits of Switching to eNPS:

The short answer to what you should switch to eNPS is because it lowers your investment cost to NPS. Here is the detailed explanation.

PFRDA, the regulator for NPS had revised the charges for POP-SP in October 27, 2017. Below is the snapshot of the new charges.

POP Charges for NPS effective October 2017
POP Charges for NPS effective October 2017

Also Read: Should you Invest Rs 50,000 in NPS to Save Tax u/s 80CCD (1B)?

The upper half which has to be collected upfront has anyway already been paid by subscribers while opening the NPS account. But two additional charges are also paid as follows:

  1. Persistency Charge of Rs 50 per annum. This is new charge that has been introduced and would be paid to POP if the account is active and there has been minimum contribution of Rs 1,000.
  2. eNPS (for subsequent contributions) as Trail Commission – if you had used service of POP for opening account, then for every contribution you make, there is a charge of 0.10% of the contributed amount (Min charge is Rs 10 and max charge is Rs 10,000). So, if you make a Rs 50,000 investment you would be charged Rs 50 (0.10% * 50,000) and Rs 9 GST (@ 18%) – making it total of Rs 59. The screenshot below shows this.
Shift to eNPS to eliminate POP Trail Commission
Shift to eNPS to eliminate POP Trail Commission

Also Read: 5 Steps to Transfer EPF to NPS

Though the charges are not high but seems useless as NO further service is being provided by POP. Also, these charges may keep of revising as happened with the above notification where the subsequent contribution charges where revised from 0.05% to 0.10%. The Persistency charge is also new from 2017.

If you contribute Rs 50,000 in NPS in one go, then keeping your POP would cost you Rs 118. In case you do investment in multiple installments, the charges would go up.

Hence my advice is to shift to eNPS and save these unnecessary charges and uncertainty in these charges in future. This is like shifting to Direct Plan from Regular Plan in Mutual Funds.

I do not see any drawback of this switch, if you know of any please share.

How to Switch to eNPS?

Thankfully switching to eNPS is easy and can be done from the NPS Portal. We share the steps with screenshots below:

Step 1: Login to Your NPS Account

Step 2: Select “Shift to eNPS” from Menu

Shift to eNPS
Shift to eNPS

Step 3: Confirm the Details

Also Read: NPS – Maturity, Partial Withdrawal & Early Exit Rules

Shift to eNPS - Step 2
Shift to eNPS – Confirm the details

Step 4: Enter OTP that you get on your registered mobile number

Shift to eNPS - Step 3 - Enter OTP
Shift to eNPS – Step 3 – Enter OTP

Finally, you get the Acknowledgement

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Shift to eNPS - Acknowledgement
Shift to eNPS – Acknowledgement

I got the below email from [email protected] confirming the shift to eNPS was complete the same day.

email after Shift to eNPS is Complete
email after Shift to eNPS is Complete

To Conclude:

If you had used POP to open NPS, its good idea to Shift to eNPS. Given that it is easy to do with click of some buttons, you must do it and reduce your cost of investment.

46 thoughts on “Shift to eNPS – The Process and Benefits”

  1. Good Afternoon sir,
    I have opened my NPS account through POP mode in the year 2018 & now if I want to shift to e-NPS mode, how can I do it?
    I want to avoid paying commission or service charges to the POP – SP.

    Please guide me..
    Thank you in advance…

  2. Alokesh Bhattacharjee

    Sir, I newly open ENPS account through online and my POP show that Enps Online.. sir, my questions is that “if I continue payment my eNps account where POP mentioned ENPS ONLiNE then is it any withdrawaling problems arise after 60 years?”

  3. Acc. to the new circular PFRDA/17/01/03/0001/2017-SUP-CRA-Part(3) dated 1 Oct 2020 (link: http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=40096959216491745704), POP subscribers can’t move to eNPS but the other way around is allowed, so the users who originally registered with a POP are forever stuck paying the POP commission charges. This is a regressive step where PFRDA has forced both the CRAs (NSDL & Karvy) to disable already implemented functionality of shifting to eNPS.

  4. The Shift to eNPS feature has been disabled on both the CRAs (NSDL & Karvy) on direction of PFRDA. Check the circular PFRDA/17/01/03/0001/2017-SUP-CRA-Part(3) here: http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=40096959216491745704

    This doesn’t look right, acc. to it, POP subscribers can’t move to eNPS but the other way around is allowed, so the users who originally registered with a POP are forever stuck paying the POP commission charges. This is a regressive step where PFRDA has forced both the CRAs (NSDL & Karvy) to disable already implemented functionality of shifting to eNPS.

  5. Hi Guys,

    I am not able to find this option Shift to eNPS on NPS CRA. Can anyone help me to find this option?

    Anu help appreciated.

    Thanks

  6. I tried the link to convert NPS to eNPS, but the Menu Options you have suggested above DO NOT appear. There is no Option to convert NPS to eNPS?

  7. When I am going to shift eNPS from NPS, it shows that ” One way switch request is already present in your PRAN”.. I am unable to do this!

  8. Hello Amit,

    Great advice. I switched to eNPS today only. Thanks!
    I have another NPS related question I can’t find the answer anywhere, please help in case you know.
    I invested in NPS Tier 2 account in 2016 once. There were brokerage charges for next 2 quarters. But since then there has been no charge as per NPS transaction statements. I am wondering why is that? because of my account inactivity? or Tier 2 is indeed such low cost investment that there are no maintenance charges?

  9. Biswanath Pratap

    Sir, I newly open ENPS account through online and my POP show that Enps Online.. sir, my questions is that “if I continue payment my eNps account where POP mentioned ENPS ONLiNE then is it any withdrawaling problems arise after 60 years?”

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