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Corporate Law : EPFO's campaign (Nov 2025–Apr 2026) allows employers to enroll employees missed from 2017 to 2025. Pay only employer's share and...
Corporate Law : EPFO introduces a revamped Electronic Challan-cum-Return (ECR) from September 2025 with system-based validations, revised filing o...
Corporate Law : Starting August 1, 2025, UAN allotment and activation will be mandatory through the UMANG app using Aadhaar-based Face Authenticat...
Corporate Law : EPFO introduces easier PF transfer with revamped Form 13 and bulk UAN generation for employers (without immediate Aadhaar)....
Corporate Law : EPFO introduces UAN allotment and activation through UMANG app using Face Authentication (FAT). Simplifies access to EPFO services...
A member would only be required to submit a self-declaration, which has already been included in the Composite Claim Form, to avail advance from the provident fund for illness in certain A member would no longer be required to submit any medical certificate or any other certificate or document or any proforma whatsoever to avail advance under paragraph 68-J.
EPFO has introduced the ECR 2.0 for online collection of remittances through multi-banking. After introduction of the Unified Portal system for remittance of contributions, real time monitoring of the remittance position of the establishments has become a reality.
It is observed that banks are still insisting upon the pensioners for completion of formalities like submission of life certificate, letter of Undertaking and certificate of non-employment to credit their first payment and other dues to their pension account resulting into inconvenience to the pensioners defeating the very purpose of simplifying the pension procedures.
Give wide publicity to the above notification amongst employers and members of Provident Fund through media, e-mails, seminars, workshops etc. Awareness about the new provision should be created, especially through employers’ associations and workers’ unions so that eligible and willing members can avail withdrawal and loan repayment facilities.
1. (1) This Scheme may be called the Employees’ Provident Funds (Seventh Amendment) Amendment Scheme, 2017. (2) It shall come into force on the day of April, 2017.
1. (1) This Scheme may be called the Employees’ Provident Funds (Third Amendment) Scheme, 2017. (2) It shall come into force on the 1″ day of April, 2017.
In pursuance to the policy of the Government of India, of optimum use of information technology for efficient service delivery and widening the reach of EPF benefits, appropriate guidelines have been issued from this once for installation and operatonalisation of proper infrastructure in the field offices of ERR) to help and facilitate our
In order to facilate payment of Provident Fund and withdrawal benefit under EPS, 1995 to International Workers on the date of leaving service in India, the following instructions are issued:-
Allowing members of the Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995 the benefit of the actual salary in the Pension Fund exceeding wage limit of either Rs. 5000/- or Rs. 6500 per month from the effective date respectively as per the Hon’ble Supreme Court’s order in SLP No.33032-33033 of 2015
Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) proposes to setup a panel of retired officers as Inquiry Officers for conducting departmental inquires
