EPF

Clean up the employees’ pension scheme Though a majority of organised workers are covered under the Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS) 1995, there is still very low transparency level. Many readers might not have even heard about it because EPS is not a separate scheme. It is just an add-on to the Employee Provident Fund (EPF) scheme and all EPF members also automatically become … [Read more...] about Clean up the employees’ pension scheme

Employees Contributions to EPF As per the Audited Consolidated Annual Accounts of Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) for the year 2014-15, the closing balance of Funds managed by EPFO is Rs. 6,34,174.33 crore. Regarding EPFO being the eleventh largest pension fund in the world, no such information is available with EPFO. The fresh accruals in 2015-16 in the … [Read more...] about Employees Contributions to EPF

PF withdrawal rules - Government Decides to withdraw the 10th February 2016 Notification with Immediate Effect Government had issued a notification dated 10th February 2016 regarding rules for withdrawal from EPF Funds by the members. Under the revised rules, the employee was permitted to withdraw the employees’ share from the fund (which is 12% of the wages). However, it was … [Read more...] about PF withdrawal rules – Government Decides to withdraw the 10th February 2016 Notification with Immediate Effect

Organizational Restructuring of EPFO Approved to Address Career Progression of Over 20000 Officials Inoperative EPF Accounts that Stopped Earning Interest in 2011, Now to Earn Interest W.E.F. 01.04.2016 Software Module for Disbursal of Salaries to EPFO Launched EPFO’s highest decision making body, the Central Board of Trustees methere last evening . This was its 212th … [Read more...] about Organizational Restructuring of EPFO Approved to Address Career Progression of Over 20000 Officials