Financial Intelligence Unit-India and Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority sign MoU to combat money laundering and financial crimes

• Bilateral MoU between Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-IND) and Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) for information sharing and coordinated action against money laundering and terror financing in the pension sector.
• Extends India's "regulator-FIU MoU" template (already executed with IRDAI, NHB, etc.) to the National Pension System (NPS) and Atal Pension Yojana (APY) ecosystem.
• Relevant for GS-III (Internal Security – Money Laundering; Economy – Financial Regulators) and Prelims (PMLA architecture, statutory bodies).