The EPFO has launched the Employees’ Enrolment Scheme 2025, offering employers a six-month window to enrol workers left out of EPF coverage since 2017. The one-time initiative aims to expand coverage, regularise non-compliance and strengthen social security nationwide.
The government has merged 13 Provident Fund (PF) withdrawal provisions into one simplified framework, enabling employees to withdraw up to 75% of their PF balance — including employer contributions — after 12 months, easing eligibility and reducing claim rejections.
The EPFO enrolled around 7.54 lakh new subscribers in March 2025, representing a 2.03 per cent increase over February 2025 and 0.98 per cent year-on-year growth compared to March 2024, a labour ministry statement said
Regional provident fund commissioner Ganesh Kumar stated that ‘Nidhi Aapke Nikat’ programme would be held between 9 am and 5.45 pm at Medicover Hospital, Yellammagutta in Nizamabad
New Delhi: Interest rate on employees’ provident fund deposits on Saturday was proposed to be cut to a four-decade low of 8.1 per cent for the current 2021-22 fiscal from 8.5 per cent in the previous year, sources said. This is the lowest interest rate since 1977-78 on deposits that employees make towards their retirement […]
It stated that year on year comparison of payroll data shows 24 per cent growth for December 2020, indicating return to the pre-Covid levels of subscriber growth for the EPFO.
