 "Finance Ministry approves 8.65% interest rate on EPF for 2016-17")
The ratification of the 8.65 per cent on EPF will enable the retirement fund body Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) to credit this rate of return into the accounts of four crore subscribers.
"Finance Ministry has agreed to 8.65 per cent rate of interest. Now, the communication will come. The formal discussions are over," the minister said.
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The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation trustees had approved 8.65 per cent rate on EPF in December last year.
The Finance Ministry has been nudging the Labour Ministry to lower the EPF rate for aligning it with the rates of small savings schemes like PPF.
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