How to open an NPS account?

For all citizen of India:

Option I: Any citizen of India, who meets the stipulated eligible conditions, can open his/her NPS account through online facility -eNPS.  

Option II: Entities called as Point of Presence (POP) are appointed by PFRDA for servicing the individual subscribers, including their registration and acceptance of further contributions. The registration form for joining NPS can be collected from any of the Point of Presence - Service Providers (POP-SP).

For Government / Corporate Sector:

To enroll under Central Government / State government Sector, you may approach your HR Dept./ Pay and Accounts Office (the Nodal Office for NPS).

eNPS-

eNPS is an online platform provided by NPS Trust for enabling individuals to open his/her Individual Pension Account under NPS (Tier-I & Tier-II) and also facilitate the new or existing subscribers to make initial or subsequent contributions respectively to their Individual Pension Account under NPS using netbanking and debit/credit cards. eNPS does not facilitate enrolment of individuals under Atal Pension Yojana.