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Park surplus funds in NPS Tier 2 for higher returns
Financial Express Delhi
|October 27, 2025
FLEXIBILITY IN ASSET ALLOCATION HELPS BUILD A PORTFOLIO BASED ON RISKAPPETITE
INDIVIDUALS LOOKING FOR higher returns than fixed deposits can park money in National Pension System (NPS) Tier 2 account as it is linked to market instruments.
Unlike Tier 1,ithas no lock-in period, which makes it a flexible option for shortand medium-term needs.
The NPS Tier 2 account is a voluntary savings account under NPS, where one can invest and withdraw anytime without restrictions. One needs tohaveaTier 1 account to have aTier 2 account.
Over a three-year period, the equity returns of 10 pension funds in NPS Tier 2 range between 14.6% to 18%, For government securities the returns are 6.2% to 6.6%.And forcorporate debt, between 8.3% to 8.8%, higher than SBI's fixed deposit rate of 6.45% for two to less than three-year tenures.
This story is from the October 27, 2025 edition of Financial Express Delhi.
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