During employment, employees typically rely on provident fund as their lifeline mainly to build their retirement corpusOn top of it, the tax-free status given to PF, makes it an attractive investment option
2 min read6 May 2019The move is aimed at ensuring that no retired government employee is deprived of pension for want of Aadhaar or failure of fingerprint authentication
2 min read11 Apr 2018Counting jobs growth in India from data extrapolated from EPFO may give a quick high but it has its own perils. Here are three reasons why
2 min read26 Jan 2018The private trusts, regulated by the EPFO, maintain Provident Fund accounts and retirement savings and are required to invest these funds as per the investment pattern approved by the government
2 min read9 Apr 2017Govt plans to amend EPF scheme to allow EPFO subscribers to withdraw funds for also paying EMIs on home loans
3 min read15 Mar 2017The labour ministry has directed the EPFO to finish Aadhaar seeding on all EPF accounts in a time-bound manner
3 min read29 Nov 2016Labour minister Bandaru Dattatreya said EPFO officials have identified that about Rs42,000 crore is now lying in 'inoperative PF accounts' across the country
1 min read1 Nov 2016Move will benefit more than 40 million holders of inoperative accounts; over Rs32,000 crore is parked in such accounts
3 min read30 Mar 2016The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared
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