New labour code 2025 retirement calculator: You can create Rs 1.82 crore higher corpus if your basic salary of Rs 32K rises under new lawIndia's new labour laws offer a significant boost to retirement savings. Employees can build a larger corpus by increasing their basic sala...
28 Nov, 2025, 11.57 AM IST
EPF interest rate cut will force India's salaried class to rework their retirement mathAn estimated 64 million members of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisations will be affected by the recommendation of its central board ...
17 Mar, 2022, 10.17 AM IST
EPFO settles 60.88 lakh COVID-19 advance claims, releases Rs 15,255 crore till Jan 31The EPFO has settled 60.88 lakh COVID-19 withdrawal claims and disbursed Rs 15,255.95 crore to subscribers during the pandemic till January...
08 Feb, 2021, 07.57 PM IST
Reduced EPF contribution: 16 questions answered by EPFOThe reduction in EPF contribution to 10 per cent from 12 per cent was announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as a part of the Atm...
15 Jun, 2020, 11.24 AM IST
EPF contribution at 10% likely to push up your take home by only 1-2%As per the analysis, a 4% gross increase of basic wages due to reduction in EPF contribution to 10% for both employers and employees for Ma...
30 May, 2020, 01.26 PM IST
Your employer can contribute 12% to your EPF account if it is included in your CTCYour employer can still continue to contribute to your EPF account at a rate of 12 per cent. Here is how.
28 May, 2020, 03.18 PM IST
Voluntary provident fund: Investing, contribution, interest rate and other things to knowIf you are planning to invest in the Voluntary Provident Fund (VPF), here are the answers of the some the commonly asked questions about it.
28 May, 2020, 09.42 AM IST
Employees' PF contribution can go higher than 10%, not of employers: Labour ministryThe ministry on Monday notified lower rates of provident fund contribution at 10 per cent, increasing the in-hand salary of 4.3 crore provi...
20 May, 2020, 04.54 PM IST
Cut in employer's EPF contribution may mean net loss for the employeesCentre has reduced both employer and employee contribution in the EPF account as a Covid-19 measure.
19 May, 2020, 08.11 PM IST
Your take-home pay for May will be higher: Govt notifies cut in EPF contributionCurrently, an employee contributes 12% of his salary to the EPF account. The employer matches the contribution to the EPF account.
19 May, 2020, 10.28 AM IST
Lockdown: EPFO not charging penalty from cos for delay in payment of provident fund duesEarlier on April 30, the EPFO allowed employers to file monthly EPF returns without making simultaneous payment of dues, which gave a relie...
15 May, 2020, 04.18 PM IST
Govt plans to cut EPF contribution rate, take home pay would rise: Will employees benefit?Currently, employee contribution to PF is 12 percent, and an equal percentage is contributed by the employer. However, the draft EPF Bill p...
24 Jan, 2020, 09.48 AM IST
You could soon get the option to lower your EPF contribution. Should you go for it?Financial planners say reducing contribution to the EPF will have far reaching implications for the employee.
11 Dec, 2019, 05.02 PM IST
Lowering of PF contribution proposed: Here is how it will impact youThis can impact your take-home pay and the corpus accumulated at the time of retirement. Further, the cost-to-company will change too.
02 Aug, 2018, 11.27 AM IST
EPFO may reduce PF contributions to 10%Presently, employees and employers contribute 12% of basic wages each towards PF, pension scheme and Employee Deposit Linked Insurance Sche...
26 May, 2017, 04.46 PM IST
With 8.8% tax-free returns, EPF can be bulwark of retirement planThe interest rates were already linked to the government bond yields and were revised once in a year. Now they will be revised every quarte...
18 Feb, 2016, 10.55 AM IST
- EPF scheme may be extended to all firms with over 10 workers
At present the EPF Act has provisions that any factories or establishments having 20 or more employees have to contribute to the EPF.
03 Aug, 2011, 04.02 PM IST