Income Tax : Under the earlier law, even a one-day delay in depositing employee contributions resulted in permanent tax disallowance. The new r...
CA, CS, CMA : This update compiles key statutory deadlines across multiple laws for May 2026. It highlights filing requirements under income tax...
Income Tax : The Central Government, in the Union Budget 2026, has proposed an important amendment concerning employee welfare funds. The objec...
Income Tax : The amendment replaces the fund-specific due date with the return-filing deadline for claiming deductions. Employers gain greater ...
Income Tax : Delhi High Court upholds disallowance of delayed PF/ESI contributions under Section 143(1), but permits deductions when the due da...
Corporate Law : ESIC launched a one-time Amnesty Scheme (Oct 2025-Sept 2026) to settle pending court cases on ESI contribution, coverage, and dama...
Corporate Law : ESIC launches the Amnesty Scheme 2025 (Oct 2025-Sep 2026) to settle ESI court cases, withdrawal of prosecution, and reduce litigat...
Company Law : Explore the challenges faced by newly incorporated companies regarding mandatory ESI and EPF registrations in India, with proposed...
Corporate Law : As we all know that registration on Sham Suvidha Portal for new Companies was discontinued w.e.f. 15.02.2020 and thereafter, Compa...
Corporate Law : Through the coordinated efforts of Government, Private Institutions, Civil Society, NGOs and Private Citizens overcame the health ...
Income Tax : The Tribunal examined disallowance made for delayed employee contributions under Section 143(1). It held that debatable issues can...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held that the original assessment was not erroneous or prejudicial except for TDS verification and PF/ESI disallowanc...
Income Tax : ITAT confirmed Section 263 revision after finding that the AO wrongly allowed delayed PF/ESI contributions despite binding Supreme...
Income Tax : The assessee’s plea that delayed PF/ESI deduction was a debatable issue was rejected because Checkmate had settled the law retro...
Income Tax : The Tribunal confirmed that employees’ contributions to EPF and ESIC deposited after the statutory due dates are disallowable un...
Corporate Law : The Government of India has implemented the Code on Social Security, 2020 with nationwide effect from November 21, 2025, consolida...
Corporate Law : ESIC launches SPREE, a scheme from July 1 to Dec 31, 2025, for employers and employees to register under the ESI Act without retro...
Corporate Law : ESIC's SPREE 2025 scheme offers a time-bound opportunity for employers to register their businesses and employees without past pen...
Corporate Law : ESIC proposes new rules for medical benefits to retired employees and spouses, open to public suggestions for 30 days from notific...
Corporate Law : Explore the latest amendment to the Employees' State Insurance Rules 1950, raising the threshold from INR 5 to 25 crores. Get insi...
1. Relaxation in eligibility criteria and enhancement in the payment of unemployment benefit under Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyan yojana of ESIC 2. Establishment of ICU/HDU services at 10% of total beds in ESIC Hospitals 3. Measures taken by ESIC during Covid – 19 pandemic
ESI stands for Employee State Insurance managed by the Employee State Insurance Corporation which is an autonomous body created by the law under the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India. What are the Conditions for eligibility criteria? Under Sec2 (12) of the ESI Act, 1948 any individual working in the non-seasonal factory with […]
In the Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Rules, 1950, in rule 56-A, for the words rupees five thousand, the words rupees seven thousand five hundred shall be substituted
THE EMPLOYEES’ PROVIDENT FUNDS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ACT, 1952 An Act to Provide for the institution of provident funds, Pension Fund and deposit- linked insurance fund for employees in factories and other establishments. Section 1(3) of the act defines the Eligibility criteria for EPF registration: 1. Establishment which is a factory engaged in any industry […]
Overview of Employee State Insurance Scheme or ESI scheme (ESI Act 1948) Employee State Insurance or ESI is a scheme commenced by the Government of India to offer medical, monetary and other advantages to workers. ESI is managed by an autonomous authority – Employee State Insurance Corporation – which lies under the jurisdiction of the […]
ESI Return due date Extended for October – 2019 to March 2020 Period In continuation to the Employees State Insurance Corporation, Circular no. P-11/12/Misc./1/2019(M)-Rev.II dated 18th March, 2020 ESIC department has further extended the due date and provide Relaxation of time limit for filing and depositing ESI Contribution for the month of February, 2020 and […]
Draft Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Amendment Rules, 2020 MINISTRY OF LABOUR OF EMPLOYMENT NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 9th June, 2020 G.S.R. 359(E).— The following draft of certain rules further to amend the Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Rules, 1950 which the Central Government, after consultation with the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation, proposes to make, in exercise […]
Basis EPF ESI 1.) Acts Applicable The Employees’ Provident Funds And Miscellaneous Provident Act, 1952. Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 Extends to Whole INDIA Whole India 2.) Name of Scheme Employees Provident Fund Scheme. 3.) Organisation Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO). Employee’s State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) 3.) Applicability All business entities with 20 or more […]
Relief Measures Under Employees State Insurance Act 1948 (ESIC) For Covid-19 Pandemic Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has given the following reliefs to the employees covered under the ESI Act for the Covid-19 Pandemic. 1. Whether Covid-19 sickness covered under ESI? ESIC has not specifically come up with notification stating whether treatment for Covid-19 is […]
With the aim to boost economy amid the lockdown due to emergence of COVID-19, several state governments have decided to suspend most of the labour laws in their respective state via ordinance. This has been done with an aim to give curb the effects of lockdown on Indian economy and provide employers with more flexibility […]
