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Labour Law

Labour Ministry allows EPF withdrawal amid lockdown

Mar 29, 2020

Lockdown Government relaxes EPF withdrawal rules

On the second day of the -day lockdown due to Coronavirus outbreak, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitha...

Coronavirus

Mar 26, 2020

Lockdown Government relaxes EPF withdrawal rules

Covid- PF relief to subscribers and Employers

The Government of India is working on measures and packages to provide relief to subscribers and emp...

Labour Law

Mar 23, 2020

Covid- PF relief to subscribers and Employers

COVID- EPFO advises Beneficiaries to avail Online Services

In view of Government of India guidelines to contain spreading of COVID-, Employees Provident Fun...

Labour Law

Mar 23, 2020

COVID- EPFO advises Beneficiaries to avail Online Services

Labour Law

New EPFO, ESIC registration to be done on MCA portal

New registration for EPFO, ESIC stopped on Shram Suvidha Portal, now it is to be done on the ministry of corporate affairs portal. The Ministry of Labour & Employment has stopped registration for Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) for new companies on its Shram Suvidha Portal with effect from 15 […]

Mar 9, 2020

Labour Law

EPFO cuts interest rate to 8.5% for 2019-20

EPFO cuts interest rate on deposits to 8.50% for FY20; move to affect 6 crore salaried employees The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on Thursday lowered the interest rate on provident fund deposits to 8.50% for FY20 (2019-20) from 8.65% in FY19 (2018-19), Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar said on Thursday. The new rate is 15 basis points below the figure for […]

Mar 6, 2020

Jobs

Fraud: EPFO blocks accounts of over 9 lakh employees

The government has found 9 lakh beneficiaries in as many as 80,000 companies took benefit of the Centre’s job formalization scheme, Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana (PMRPY), even though they were not eligible, leading to around Rs 300 crore loss to the exchequer. According to a report published in the Business Standard, These companies allegedly […]

Jan 31, 2020