Can an NRI withdraw 100% of the NPS amount?

The withdrawal rule in NPS allows 100% of claim only in case of the below scenarios:

• In case of the death of the subscriber.
• If the corpus amount is less than Rs 1 lakh in case of an early exit.
• If the corpus amount is less than Rs 2 lakhs in case of maturity of NPS at the age of 60 years.

In other than the above cases, one cannot withdraw 100% of the amount accumulated in NPS and a certain portion has to be mandatorily utilized towards purchase of an annuity which would provide NRIs a regular income as pension in their retirement life.