Nodal Office means the offices which act as interface between the subscribers and the central recordkeeping agency and shall include the Directorate of Treasuries and Accounts (DTA), District Treasury Offices (DTO) and Drawing & Disbursing Office (DDO) under the State Government .
State Government hierarchy of Nodal Offices
1. Drawing and Disbursing OfficerDistrict Treasury Offices (DTO) or the central recordkeeping agency on behalf of the subscribers for the purpose of the National Pension System;
Functions of DDO:
DDO will collect all the registration forms and forward it CRA for registration of the same. Further, it will also send the change request forms from the Subscribers and forward it to DTO for updation in NPSCAN system. However, DDO shall have various other functions as mentioned below:
DDO shall register itself with CRA before it starts providing various services to the Subscribers. For registering itself in CRA system, DDO shall forward the applications for registration to the concerned DTO.
2. District Treasury Offices (DTO) - DTO under the State Government are responsible for maintaining the contribution details for subscribers covered under National Pension System
Functions of DTO
DTO will be responsible for carrying out the following activities:
However, before performing the above-mentioned functions, DTO shall have to register itself with CRA. For registering itself in CRA system, DTO shall forward the applications for registration to the concerned DTA.
3. Directorate of Treasuries and Accounts (DTA)-A DTA will have several functions in the NPS. However, most of them will be in the nature of monitoring the performances of the Nodal offices under its jurisdiction. CRA will send various alerts to DTA to facilitate it to carry out the role of a supervisory entity.
Functions of DTA:
DTA will be responsible for carrying out the following activities.
DTA, in its capacity of a Nodal Office shall register itself with CRA. Further, DTA will send the registration applications of the DTOs attached to it to CRA.