According to the rule change announced in the Union Budget 2021, effective from April 1, 2021, interest earned on employee contributions to EPF exceeding Rs 2.5 lakh per annum is taxable
Pension manager says it has settled more than 2.304 mn claims and disbursed an amount of Rs 9,260 crore
In 2021-2022 and 2022-2023, the EPF interest rates were 8.1 per cent and 8.15 per cent, respectively, which means the 2023-2024 interest rate is the highest in three years.
The interest rate on EPF is reviewed annually, and for the fiscal year 2022-23, it is set at 8.15 per cent, up from the 7.59 per cent interest rate provided in FY22.
Withdrawals before five years are tax-free in cases of serious illness, employer discontinuation of operations, withdrawals not authorized by the employer, and advances under the EPF Scheme
The ceiling was last revised in 2014 from Rs 6,500 per month to Rs 15,000 and is applicable only to enterprises that have more than 20 workers
Decision to extend pension scheme beyond 35 years of service taken in 232nd CBT meet on Monday; withdrawal benefits available even to those who've contributed for less than six months
Any EPF pensioner can get the PPO number using either the bank account number or PF number
The unemployment rate shot up to 8.3 per cent, which was the highest, compared with the rates in the past 12 months
The approved law firms will be empanelled with the EPFO headquarters in New Delhi for an initial period of one year, which can be extended to three years
The current EPF interest rate is 8.1%
EPFO has a surplus of around Rs 450 cr after paying at a rate of 8.1%. Employee representatives sought higher interest rates but the Central Board of Trustees settled for 8.1%
In a letter he wrote to the minister, Viswam accused the BJP-led government of showing its true colours just after the party secured electoral victories in four states
In March 2020, EPFO had lowered interest rate on provident fund deposits to a seven-year low of 8.5 per cent for 2019-20, from 8.65 per cent provided for 2018-19.
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The organisation in its circular, issued ahead of 2020-21 interest announcement, has ordered its field offices to not entertain any such request for correction in name
Retirement fund body EPFO on Thursday started crediting 8.5 per cent rate of interest on employees' provident fund (EPF) for 2019-20 for its over six crore members, a senior official said. A large number of members of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) would be able to see their updated EPF accounts with credit of 8.5 per cent rate of interest for 2019-20, a senior official told PTI. The official further informed that the labour ministry has already sent the direction to credit the 8.5 per cent interest on EPF for 2019-20 to the EPFO and the body has already started crediting interest into members account for the last fiscal. Labour Minster Santosh Gangwar said, "We had said that it would be our endeavour to provide 8.5 per cent rate of interest on EPF for 2019-20. We have issued a notification to provide 8.5 per cent rate of interest on EPF for 2019-20. We have also began the process to credit the said rate of interest into subscribers account." The minister also sai
In March this year, the EPFO's apex decision making body Central Board of Trustees headed by Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar had approved 8.5 per cent interest rate on EPF for 2019-20
The EPFO had decided that 8.15 per cent interest from its debt income would be credited immediately