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Updated on: Jan 2023

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Jan 16, 2023

EPFO issues guidelines on higher pension after SC ruling

One of the Worlds largest Social Security Organisations, Employees Provident Fund Orga...

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Dec 30, 2022

How to get a Life certificate through Face Authentication?

The government has a Face-Recognition technology system based on the Aadhar database that will help ...

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Dec 29, 2022

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EPFO adds . lakh net members in the month of October,

The provisional payroll data of EPFO released on th December highlights that EPFO has added ...

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Dec 21, 2022

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Employers defaulting on EPFO contributions are liable to pay damages

One of the World’s largest Social Security Organisations, The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has announced that Employers defaulting on submitting the contributions are liable to pay Damages & Interest. The Employees Provident Fund Organisation said that employers defaulting on contributions are liable to pay Damages u/s 14B and interest u/s 7Q on the due amount. The […]

Dec 19, 2022

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Dec 12, 2022

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Know Your UAN in just 4 steps; Check details here

Universal Account Number (UAN) is a 12-digit unique number provided to each employee contributing to the Employees Provident Fund. This unique number is generated and assigned by the Employee Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO). The Ministry of Labour and Employment authenticates UAN under the directives of the Government of India. EPFO recently shared a tweet saying, “Know […]

Dec 10, 2022

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Citi Malaysia appoints Tooba M. as CHRO

The global bank, Citi Malaysia has announced the appointment of Tooba M. as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Most recently, she was working as Sr. Vice President- Head- Learning, Performance & Talent Management, DEI- Citi South Asia. In this role, Tooba M. as Chief Human Resources Officer for Citi Malaysia will be responsible for covering the […]

Nov 29, 2022

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Central government is likely to rise EPFO wage ceiling

A high-level committee has proposed the increase the wage ceiling under the Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO). The proposed increase to Rs 21,000 per month from the existing Rs 15,000. The government may increase the threshold on the salary of employees. The last EPFO wage ceiling revision was made in 2014. The wage revision was hiked to Rs […]

Nov 24, 2022

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EPFO starts crediting interest for 2021-22; Check Balance

One of the World’s largest Social Security Organisations, The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has begun the process of crediting interest for 2021-2 from October 31, Monday. Responding to a tweet on delay, EPFO said, “The process of crediting interest is ongoing and it will get reflected into your account soon. Whenever the interest is credited, […]

Nov 3, 2022

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EPFO: Those with less than 6 months to retire can withdraw EPS-95

There are several social security programs under the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), recent program is for employees retiring in 6 months. One of the two main statutory social security bodies, EPFO retirement fund body decided to allow the withdrawal of accumulations in the Employees’ Pension Scheme 1995 (EPS-95). The EPS, 1995 is a ‘Defined Contribution-Defined Benefit’ […]

Nov 2, 2022

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EPFO: Formal job creation in August jumps by 14.4% year on year

The provisional payroll data of EPFO released on 20th October 2022 highlights that EPFO has added 16.94 lakh net members in the month of August 2022. A year-on-year comparison of payroll data reflects an increase of 14.40% in net membership addition in August 2022 as compared to the corresponding month during last year in 2021. Of […]

Oct 21, 2022

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EPFO Shares Benefits of Pension and EDLI Calculator

There are several social security programs under the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO). EPFO has introduced a new initiative to facilitate Member Pensioner & Nominee /family members (in case of EDLI benefit) to calculate the eligible Pension & EDLI benefits. The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation has recently shared a tweet saying from the official Twitter handle saying, “Benefits […]

Oct 11, 2022

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EPFO Alert: EPS’95 Pensioners, Regarding Jeevan Pramaan Patra

There are several social security programs under the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO). The EPFO has shared relevant information regarding Jeevan Pramaan Patra for EPS’95 Pensioners. Jeevan Pramaan is a biometric-enabled digital service for pensioners. The Pensioners of the Central Government, State Government, or any other Government organization can take benefit from this facility. Digital Life Certificate […]

Oct 7, 2022

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Delay in crediting EPF interest due to software fix- Finance Ministry

According to the Ministry of Finance, the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) delayed in crediting EPF interest due to software for FY22 and there is no loss of interest for any member. The Finance Ministry has clarified that there is no loss of rate of interest for subscribers of Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) and […]

Oct 6, 2022

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EPFO: Two-way mechanism for declaration of principal employers

There are several social security programs under the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO). The EPFO has shared relevant information regarding Principal Employers. EPFO has shared a tweet from the official Twitter handle saying, “Principal Employers’ Functionality.” Principal Employers’ Functionality #EPFO #SocialSecurity #AmritMahotsav @AmritMahotsav pic.twitter.com/EuRSC6fihB — EPFO (@socialepfo) October 5, 2022 The two-way mechanism for declaration of […]

Oct 6, 2022