Corporate Law : EPFO simplified PF withdrawal rules by reducing categories and easing eligibility, but most claims continue to fail because of KYC...
Corporate Law : Learn about the key features of EPFO 3.0, including instant withdrawals, mobile access, and faster claim settlements. Understand h...
CA, CS, CMA : Summary of notifications and circulars from August 18-24, 2025, covering new income tax rules for employee perquisites, GST update...
Corporate Law : A summary of the EPFO's new mandate requiring UAN generation and activation through the UMANG app with Facial Authentication Techn...
Corporate Law : Key Labour law rulings in November 2024: ESI, ID Act, Provident Fund, and more across various High Courts....
Corporate Law : Simplified online registration, auto-enrolment via MCA portal, and digital initiatives have led to a 251% rise in new EPFO registr...
Corporate Law : A six-month special scheme allows employers to enrol left-out employees and regularise EPF non-compliance with minimal penalties....
Corporate Law : The Labour Ministry clarified EPFO reforms, which simplify withdrawals by merging 13 provisions into three, reducing eligibility t...
Corporate Law : Ministry of Labour launches EPF Enrolment Campaign 2025 (Nov 2025 - Apr 2026) to expand social security. Employers can regularize ...
Corporate Law : The EPFO extended the ECR filing deadline for the September 2025 wage month to October 22 due to employer difficulties with the re...
Corporate Law : NCLAT held that provident fund dues assessed during moratorium under Section 14 IBC cannot be admitted in CIRP. The resolution pla...
Corporate Law : Provident fund dues were protected by statute and same were excluded from the liquidation estate of a company under Section 36(4)(...
Corporate Law : NCLAT Delhi held that demand made by the EPFO on the basis of an inspection report made after initiation of moratorium is not enfo...
Corporate Law : NCLAT Delhi held that demand of EPFO raised on the basis of inspection report dated 10.05.2023 and assessment order dated 25.09.20...
Corporate Law : Liquidator vide letter dated 20.11.2021 did not accept the claim principally on the ground of violation of Moratorium. On instruct...
Corporate Law : EPFO permits de-linking of wrongly linked Member IDs even when contributions exist, subject to limits. The circular outlines a str...
Income Tax : The new tax regime introduces Form 121 as a single declaration replacing Forms 15G and 15H. It simplifies TDS exemption compliance...
Corporate Law : The government clarified that employees under the Unified Pension Scheme are eligible for Fixed Medical Allowance. The key takeawa...
Corporate Law : EPFO streamlined the process for transferring pension contributions and nominee payments. The instructions aim to avoid procedural...
Corporate Law : EPFO has approved acceptance of transgender identity certificates for name and gender corrections. The move strengthens inclusivit...
All employees registered with ESIC but not covered with EPFO must be brought under the coverage of EPFO as per due procedure.
The date of submission of life certificate by pensioners under Employees’ Pension Scheme 1995 was extended upto 15.01.2017 vide Head Office letter no.Pension- 1/17( 1)2016/jeevan Praman / 22 750 dated 28.11.2016.
Technical Facilitation Centre called Technical Suvidha Centres under the monitoring of respective Ancilliary NOCs (ANOC) have also been set up.
Grace period of 5 days is allowed for the employers to deposit EPF contribution and other dues for the month of December, 2016 by 20th January, 2017.
Prohibition on bringing any political or outside influence by serving employees or by their close relatives in respect of service matters
Employees’ Provident Funds (Amendment) Scheme, 2017.- In paragraph 38, in sub-paragraph (1), after the words and letters or through Pay Gov platform, the words or through scheduled banks in India including private sector banks shall be inserted
Employees’ Enrolment Campaign, 2017 is a Campaign to provide opportunity to the employers to voluntarily come forward and declare details of all such employees who were entitled for PF membership between 01.04.2009 to 31.12.2016 but could not be enrolled for any reason. The Campaign aims to extend PF benefits to employees hitherto deprived of PF benefits.
Form of declaration to be furnished by the employer in respect of membership of the employees who were required or entitled to become members of the fund on or after the 1st day of April, 2009 but before the 1st day of January, 2017 but were not enrolled as members for any reason under the Employees Enrolment Campaign,2017.
43B. Special provision in respect of Employees’ Enrolment Campaign, 2017.— The exceptions and modifications subject to which the provisions of this Scheme shall apply, in relation to the employees’ whose membership have been declared under paragraph 82A of the Employees’ Provident Funds Scheme, 1952
No sum, other than the expenses towards the cost of any benefits provided by or under the Employees’ Deposit-linked Insurance Scheme, 1976, shall be payable by the employer for meeting the expenses in connection with the administration of the said Scheme
