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Thursday, May 22, 2025
TopicProvident fund

Topic: provident fund

Govt decides increase auto-claim limit to Rs 5 lakh, set to enable PF withdrawals via UPI & ATMs

In May 2024, the Employees Provident Fund Organisation increased the auto settlement of the advanced claim limit from Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh.

EPFO doubles withdrawal limit to Rs 1 lakh for exigencies, govt working to hike salary ceiling for PF

Other change include relaxation of norms to allow a contributor to withdraw in the first six months of new job, says Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya.

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Where do Indians want to save? Data shows provident fund remains popular, even with the rich

With a higher risk tolerance and more funds to invest, richer Indian households have enjoyed higher returns from mutual funds and listed shares in the pandemic period.

India’s younger workers worst hit by pandemic, women far more vulnerable, EPFO data shows

EPFO payroll data, which captures data related to the organised & semi-organised sector, shows there was a sharp drop in payroll additions among those younger than 25 years.

Government raises PF threshold limit to Rs 5 lakh for earning tax-free interest

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the criteria would be applicable to those cases where no contribution is made by employers to the retirement fund.

New tax on interest for people who contribute over Rs 2.5 lakh a year to employees’ PF

According to govt data, the number of people who contribute more than Rs 2.5 lakh per annum is less than 1% of the total number of contributors in the Employee Provident Fund.

Modi govt approves Rs 22,810 crore for 3rd phase of Atmanirbhar Bharat job scheme

The third phase will run for 3 years till 2023 and aims to benefit around 58.5 lakh employees. Rs 1,584 crore has been allocated for the current fiscal.

Zoya Hasan says fiscal stimulus ‘too little’, Sangh & Modi united on economy says RSS

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Govt cuts Employees’ Provident Fund contributions from 12% to 10% for 3 months

This would increase 4.3 crore organised sector employees' take home pay and reduce the liability of 6.5 lakh employees facing a liquidity crunch under lockdown.

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Diving into workings of Gurugram fulfilment centre, Abhinav Singh, V-P (Ops) at Amazon India, offers insights into how company manages logistics, in conversation with ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta.

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Pakistan has a 7-year terror itch. Here’s a two-minus-one-front idea to cure it

Pakistani establishments and their proxies are prone to severe, predictable 7-year-itch. Each step up the escalation ladder buys India about this many years of deterrence on average.