# National pension scheme under Section 80CCC?

**URL:** <https://community.greythr.com/t/national-pension-scheme-under-section-80ccc/3778>\
**Category:** Income Tax\
**Tags:** income-tax, itr, income-tax-savings\
**Created:** [December 28, 2021, 5:02am UTC](https://community.greythr.com/t/national-pension-scheme-under-section-80ccc/3778 "2021-12-28T05:02:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ManasaRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@ManasaRP](https://community.greythr.com/u/ManasaRP)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 5:02am UTC](https://community.greythr.com/t/national-pension-scheme-under-section-80ccc/3778/1 "2021-12-28T05:02:05Z")

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Section 80CCC provides for income tax deduction against the payment made to obtain a new pension policy or renew an existing pension policy. Is national pension scheme under section 80CCC?

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**Author:** ![Bhuvana\_Anand](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/community.greythr.com/bhuvana_anand/32/4444_2.png) [@Bhuvana\_Anand](https://community.greythr.com/u/Bhuvana_Anand)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 1:31pm UTC](https://community.greythr.com/t/national-pension-scheme-under-section-80ccc/3778/2 "2021-12-28T13:31:23Z")

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Hi Manasa,

NPS can be claimed under 80C and 80CCD.

Regards,  
Bhuvana Anand

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**Author:** ![amiths](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@amiths](https://community.greythr.com/u/amiths)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.greythr.com/t/national-pension-scheme-under-section-80ccc/3778/3 "2022-01-10T13:53:00Z")

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NPS can be claimed under below sections:

80CCD - Upto 1.5L(This will be clubbed with 80C limit). So in total 80C + 80CCD cannot go beyond 1.5L)  
80CCD(1B) - Additional 50K