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Thursday, April 30, 2026
TopicEPFO data

Topic: EPFO data

EPFO to transfer Rs 1,000 or less lying in over 7 lakh inoperative accounts directly to members

Moushumi Das Gupta -
Briefing reporters, Union minister Mandaviya said account holders won’t be required to do any paperwork to claim their money.

20L formal jobs created in July, biggest monthly addition to EPFO. 3 lakh women entered job market

Moushumi Das Gupta -
The retirement fund body added 10.52 lakh new members in July—an increase of over 2.66 percent from June. Maharashtra alone contributed 20.21 percent of the total new additions.   

EPFO data shows a surge in new members, with majority in the 18-25 age group

ThePrint Team -
The data further states that about 12.17 lakh members left EPFO and subsequently rejoined the organization.

Is EPFO data right metric to show job creation? No, say experts citing its data limitations

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
Wage ceiling, mobility of lower-end workers, smaller establishments willfully avoiding registrations among factors that make EPF data flawed indicator, they assert

Investor sentiment still low. But green shoots in bank loans, GST collections, power usage

Partha Mukhopadhyay -
Double-digit growth seems optimistic. Modi govt needs to more than double its expenditure to compensate for the losses and avert GDP decline. It's fanciful at best.

EPFO’s employment data is very cheery, but needs a reality check 

TN Ninan -
If the numbers are for real, they will survive the test. The task is to get to the reality on employment, not score propaganda points.

Jobless growth a myth, not possible for India to grow at 7.3% with decelerating labour

Utkarsh Amitabh -
The loud proponents of “jobless growth” are doing their bit to ensure we don’t ask the right questions about Indian economy.

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Shailaja Bajpai -
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Julian Luk -
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Defence

Indian drone tech company ideaForge signs MoU with Japanese firm to develop next-gen AI powered drones

Debdutta Chakraborty -
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