New EPFO scheme from November 1, 2025: Check eligibility criteria, features, penalty and other details of Employees' Enrolment Scheme, 2025The Ministry of Labour & Employment launched the Employees' Enrolment Scheme - 2025 on November 1, 2025, to encourage voluntary compliance ...
03 Nov, 2025, 12.53 PM IST
EPFO extends deadline for filing EPF return by a week till Oct 22EPFO has extended the deadline for filing EPF returns for September to October 22, 2025, to accommodate employers adapting to the new revam...
13 Oct, 2025, 08.33 PM IST
Formal job creation down for two fiscals after record FY23Net formal job creation under EPFO has declined for two consecutive years through FY25, falling from 13.8 million in FY23 to 12.9 mn. This ...
02 Sep, 2025, 06.51 AM IST
Maha Kumbh: ECR enforcing prohibition on people's entry with no valid tickets into railway stationsThe East Central Railway (ECR) has implemented strict measures to prevent entry without valid tickets at stations amid increased passenger ...
17 Feb, 2025, 02.03 PM IST
O2 Power inks pact to supply 100 MW electricity to East Central RailwaysO2 Power has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with East Central Railways to supply 100 MW of renewable electricity. The power will b...
02 Dec, 2024, 05.27 PM IST
Railways plans to install airport-like security, facial recognition system in PatnaIndian Railways is set to introduce a Facial Recognition System (FRS) at major stations, including Patna Junction, to enhance passenger saf...
28 Aug, 2023, 05.35 PM IST
EPFO defers Aadhaar seeding with UANs for Northeast states, certain industries till Dec 31“Considering the low Aadhaar penetration in the EPFO's administrative zone of north east region, time for mandatory seeding of Aadhaar in u...
13 Sep, 2021, 04.53 PM IST
EPFO dismisses reports about fall in number of subscribers, contributing firms in OctoberThe EPFO has emphasised that the dataset published regarding contributory members and establishments does not match with the official data ...
19 Nov, 2020, 08.52 PM IST
EPFO records 8.45 lakh new enrolments in JulyProvisional payroll data released by the EPFO shows net enrollment in June have been revised down to 4.83 lakh compared to 6.55 lakh in Jun...
21 Sep, 2020, 09.39 PM IST
Relaxation in EPF deposit rules for employers did not lead to interest loss: Here's whyDue to on-going coronavirus pandemic, EPFO provided relief to the employers by providing relaxation in making the statutory deposit for Mar...
07 Jul, 2020, 09.07 AM IST
EPFO eases compliance burden for companiesAs per EPFO, in the current scenario the businesses and enterprises are not able to function normally and are facing liquidity or cash crun...
30 Apr, 2020, 07.31 PM IST
EPFO defers March dues payment till May 15; provides relief to 6 lakh firms, 5 crore subscribersThis decision of Ministry of Labour and Employment is to support and provide relief to employers of establishments which have disbursed wag...
15 Apr, 2020, 07.09 PM IST
Labour ministry notifies provident fund contribution schemeUnder the scheme, the central government will grant relief in form of credit of EPF & EPS contributions (24% of wages) for three months in ...
10 Apr, 2020, 11.53 PM IST
EPFO to receive your PF contributions only if UAN is linked to current employerFrom December 20, 2016, EPFO is introducing a new version of Electronic Challan cum Return to provide a unified platform for various EPF se...
15 Dec, 2016, 11.38 AM IST
Employers can file unified EPF, ESI returns from tomorrowTaking another step towards ease of doing business, the Centre will launch tomorrow a common registration facility on e-biz portal which wi...
08 Mar, 2016, 09.59 PM IST
Indians in ECR countries to benefit from pension-insurance schemesRavi asked the Heads of Missions to proactively work on the implementation of MGPSY and said that this would greatly benefit the workers in...
10 Jan, 2014, 06.13 PM IST
EPFO settles over 50 lakh claims in April-August of FY14Retirement fund body EPFO today said it has settled over 50 lakh claims in the first five months of 2013-14.
11 Sep, 2013, 10.03 PM IST