Govt revisits plan to raise wage cap for PF coverageThe government is considering a significant increase in the provident fund wage ceiling. Current limits may rise to ₹25,000 or ₹30,000 mont...
18 Apr, 2026, 01.01 AM IST
0.4 million new employees availed fiscal benefit under PMVBRYThe Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana has provided incentives to over 440,000 new employees. The government has disbursed ₹465 cro...
16 Apr, 2026, 01.59 PM IST
Merge 10 old EPF accounts at one go with this new serviceUnder this facility, subscribers of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) can merge as many as 10 previous accounts with their ...
06 Dec, 2017, 10.12 PM IST
EPFO adds over 1 cr new members in H1 2017: DattatreyaIn the entire sixty years after Independence, the number of PF subscribers was 4.3 crore and that of ESIC subscribers was 1.9 crore.
10 Jul, 2017, 05.31 PM IST
Bandaru Dattatreya feted for undertaking EPFO cadre restructuringDattatreya said thousands of officials working in various cadres in the EPFO got promotions which were pending for the past 18 years.
07 May, 2017, 08.47 PM IST
Finance Ministry rejects Workers' Bank proposal by EPFOThe EPFO, which has about 3.7 crore subscribers, wanted to set up a bank and the proposal was discussed in the Central Board of Trustees' (...
20 Jul, 2016, 06.01 PM IST
EPFO to probe Kingfisher Airlines' PF duesAfter Kingfisher Airlines was grounded in 2012, employees had staged a massive protest over the non-payment of PF dues.
12 Mar, 2016, 11.33 AM IST
PF may be withdrawn online from AugustThe process of procuring servers would be completed by May while the testing would start in June to gauge the response of the system in pla...
11 Feb, 2016, 04.28 PM IST
EPFO to invest around Rs 410 crore in ETFs every monthEPFO has decided to invest around Rs 410 crore in exchange trade funds (ETF) every month during the current fiscal.
27 Jul, 2015, 02.00 PM IST
Cabinet to take call on minimum pension plan of Rs 1,000 per month soonThe scheme, which was effective from September last year, costs Rs 800 crore per annum to the Centre and is given as grant to the ministry.
15 Apr, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Single smartcard soon for workers' social security benefitsThe ministry will seed employees' details such as Universal PF Account Number (UAN), Employees State Insurance, Aadhaar, PAN, bank account ...
18 Jan, 2015, 11.00 AM IST
EPFO mulls social security agents to improve service deliveryThese social service agents could also help the EPFO in a big way in case of Universal (portable PF) Account Number scheme.
25 Dec, 2014, 04.22 PM IST
Labour ministry to share half of stipend cost in training scheme“The Centre will contribute 50% of the total cost incurred on stipend in training one lakh apprentices by 2017 in the first two years under...
15 Oct, 2014, 05.41 AM IST
Budget 2014: PF trusts without regular exemption may come under tax netPrivate PF trusts are formed by firms that manage the money and accounts of their workers and have exemption from filing PF returns.
10 Jul, 2014, 10.29 PM IST
Proposal for Rs 1,000 minimum monthly pension approved: GovernmentThe decision of the government would immediately benefit 28 lakh pensioners including 5 lakh widows getting less than Rs 1000 as pension ev...
07 Jul, 2014, 03.25 PM IST
Staff of 80 companies may lose provident fund tax sopEPFO official said trusts started accepting money several years ago, including deposits, which they cannot do unless they are registered wi...
19 Feb, 2014, 10.35 AM IST
- PF monopoly loss prompts SBI to demand higher fee
SBI is demanding a higher fee for collecting provident fund (PF) deposits. The move comes after the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (...
11 Nov, 2008, 05.10 AM IST