Where to invest Rs 10 lakh for maximum advantage: equity, a hybrid instrument or debt?Financial planning: Investing ten lakh rupees requires aligning financial goals with suitable timeframes. Short-term goals necessitate cons...
24 Jul, 2026, 02.44 PM IST
No proposal to utilise unclaimed LIC, EPFO funds for other purposes: GovtUnclaimed insurance funds over ten years go to the Senior Citizen Welfare Fund. Life Insurance Corporation of India holds unclaimed amounts...
22 Jul, 2026, 01.35 PM IST
EPFO: When can you get 8.25% EPF interest amount in your provident fund account?EPF subscribers can expect their 8.25% interest for FY2025-26 to be credited this month, as the government has officially ratified the rate...
19 Jun, 2026, 06.17 PM IST
EPFO member alert! Have old, inoperative EPF account? E-PRAAPTI portal will soon help you track it easilyThe Employees Provident Fund Organisation is introducing E-PRAAPTI, a new digital portal. This platform will assist members in finding, tra...
30 Apr, 2026, 11.59 AM IST
EPFO alert for lakhs of inoperative accounts: What government wants to do with unclaimed money and how it will decideThe Ministry of Labour and Employment will refund Rs 30.52 crore from over 7.11 lakh inactive EPFO accounts, each with a balance up to Rs 1...
24 Feb, 2026, 07.20 PM IST
Inoperative EPF accounts' total amount up 5 fold to Rs 8,505 cr in 6 yearsInoperative EPF accounts have seen a five-fold increase, reaching Rs 8,505.23 crore in FY24 compared to Rs 1,638.37 crore in FY19. The EPFO...
25 Nov, 2024, 03.42 PM IST
EPFO issues new rules for inoperative, inactive EPF accounts to stop frauds: Check the latest detailsEPF inoperative inactive accounts unblock: The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has issued new guidelines to make the inoperati...
05 Aug, 2024, 12.54 PM IST
Latest EPFO rules: How to unblock inoperative EPF account, settle claimsThe EPFO has especially outlined the procedural complications involved in UAN generation/linking, KYC seeding, blocking, unblocking, and pa...
09 Feb, 2024, 12.33 PM IST
Will your EPF account earn tax-free interest even after you leave job?Many salaried workers make monthly contributions to the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) account knowing that the account will mature at the...
10 Aug, 2023, 04.51 PM IST
Now, even idle EPF account will earn interestThe dilution in the definition of inoperative accounts means that from Nov 11, more account holders will get interest against funds lying i...
16 Nov, 2016, 06.58 PM IST
EPFO to pay 8.8% interest on "inoperative" accounts: Govt to issue notification soonIt is estimated that about Rs 42,000 crore is lying in "inoperative accounts" in which there is no contribution paid during the last 36 mon...
02 Nov, 2016, 12.19 PM IST
Rs 43,000 crore lies in inoperative EPF accounts: GovtIn 2015-16, 118.66 lakh claims were settled by EPFO while the numbers stood at 130.21 lakh and 123.36 lakh in 2014-15 and 2013-14.
09 May, 2016, 02.18 PM IST
Inoperative provident fund a/cs to earn interests from April 1National retirement fund body Employees Provident Fund Organisation has decided to give interests on inoperative PF accounts with effect fr...
30 Mar, 2016, 03.55 AM IST
Settling inoperative EPF accountsThe EPFO has introduced a helpdesk for employees’ provident fund account holders to settle inoperative accounts.
15 Jun, 2015, 08.39 AM IST
Unclaimed, Rs 22,636 crore in dormant provident fund accountsThis is because employees holding these accounts have moved on to new jobs and have not transferred their EPF accounts to that of the new e...
04 Mar, 2013, 11.41 AM IST
- Labour Ministry favours partial withdrawal from EPF
The Finance Ministry had suggested that liberal advances and withdrawal from EPF account should be shunned to achieve old-age income securi...
14 Mar, 2011, 03.49 PM IST
- Unclaimed EPFO money cannot be utilised: Government
The Government on Monday said it has no plans to utilise unclaimed money of Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) which has accumula...
13 Jul, 2009, 04.15 PM IST