NPS equity funds offered up to 23% return in 5 years: Top performing fund turned Rs 10,000 SIP to Rs 9.36 lakh

National Pension Scheme (NPS) is an investment scheme that helps investors save tax while building corpus for their sunset years. Under the scheme, there are four investment options, including equity, corporate debt, government securities and Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs). Furthermore, based on personal preference and age criteria, there are Active and Auto choices to make.

As per Value Research data, NPS Tier-I equity plans have offered return in the range of 19.84-22.79 per cent. Earlier then there were 7 NPS fund managers or PFM which have now increased to 10 as of now.