Beneficiaries who meet the criteria can apply for partial pension withdrawal by submitting an application form to NAPSA. The application form must be accompanied by proof of identity, proof of age, and proof of contribution history.
The law was passed in response to the growing demand for early access to pension savings. Many people in Zambia are struggling to make ends meet, and they see partial pension withdrawal as a way to improve their financial situation. However, there are concerns that partial pension withdrawal could lead to people running out of money in retirement.
It is important to note that partial pension withdrawal is a loan from NAPSA. The funds that are withdrawn must be repaid, with interest, when the beneficiary reaches retirement age. If the beneficiary dies before they reach retirement age, their estate will be responsible for repaying the loan.
It is also important to note that partial pension withdrawal will reduce the amount of money that the beneficiary receives when they reach retirement age. This is because the funds that are withdrawn will no longer be earning interest.
Overall, the law on partial pension withdrawal is a complex issue with both pros and cons. It is important to weigh the risks and benefits carefully before deciding whether or not to apply for partial pension withdrawal.
Consequently, the partial withdrawal gives the workers an opportunity to own family property and run their side businesses whilst they are still working and economically potent. It gives the members access to cheap financing for the much needed capital to invest in businesses of their choice, which otherwise would see them borrow from the banks at high interest rate.
Once you have decided to make a withdrawal, you should call us on 0800 3 68 68 73 between 8am and 6pm on a UK business day. A member of our retirement team will guide you through the process over the phone. Please allow up to an hour for the initial phone call as there is a lot we need to cover. We appreciate that this may seem a long time, but we find that plan members tend to prefer doing it this way than completing a long, complicated form. Please see this guide for more information on the process.
We will start working on your withdrawal as soon as we receive your signed declaration. If you are withdrawing a lump sum, it should take around seven working days for the money to arrive in your bank account. We usually need 18 working days to set up regular income payments. This means that if we receive your form less than 18 working days before a scheduled payment date, you may receive your first payment the following month. We will write to you confirming when your first payment will be.
If you had applied online for partial withdrawal of funds from your National Pension System (NPS) account and are yet to receive them, you need to submit your partial withdrawal request again. In case of partial withdrawal requests received online till 30 November 2018, the NPS trust had asked the subscribers to resubmit the completed partial withdrawal form and the documents again, and this time in physical form.
In the absence of submission of the hard copy form and documents to the nodal office, the online partial withdrawal request will remain pending in the system and if not authorised by Jan 31, 2019, your application would have been treated as withdrawn. So, if one had applied online anytime before November 30, 2018, and would like to continue with the partial withdrawal request, one was asked to resubmit the form and documents physically so that verification and authorisation could be completed by January 31, 2019.
The Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority (PFRDA) had earlier relaxed the norms for partial withdrawal under the National Pension Scheme (NPS). In accordance with the PFRDA (Exits and Withdrawals under the National Pension System) (First Amendment) Regulations 2017, the subscriber ought to be subscribed to the National Pension System, at least for a period of three years (earlier it was ten years) from the date of his or her joining, to be eligible to make partial withdrawals. The maximum withdrawal amount cannot exceed 25 per cent of the contributions made by the Subscriber and one may make partial withdrawals only three times during the entire tenure of subscription.
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