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The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is part of India's social security system, ensuring the financial security of employees. Operating under the jurisdiction of the Government of India's Ministry of Labour and Employment, the EPFO is entrusted with the regulation and oversight of provident funds in the nation, in conjunction with the Employees' State Insurance.
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Provident fund is another name for pension fund.Its purpose is to provide employees with lump sum payments at the time of exit from their place of employment. This differs from pension funds, which have elements of both lump sum as well as monthly pension payments.
Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), established by ESI Act, is an autonomous organisation under Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India.As it is a legal entity, the corporation can raise loans and take measures for discharging such loans with the prior sanction of the central government and it can acquire both movable and immovable property and all incomes from the ...
Nepal and Sri Lanka have similar employees provident fund schemes. In Malaysia, The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) was established in 1951 upon the Employees Provident Fund Ordinance 1951. The EPF is intended to help employees from the private sector save a fraction of their salary in a lifetime banking scheme, to be used primarily as a ...
The Employees' Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions (EPF&MP) Act, 1952, mandates employers to pay 12% of the salary (consisting of basic wages, Dearness allowance, retaining allowance and value of food contribution) as a contribution on behalf of employer and employee each towards employees provident fund and employees pension fund every month.
The Unified Shram Suvidha Portal has been envisaged as a single point of contact between employer and enforcement agencies bringing in transparency in their day-to-day interactions. For integration of data among various enforcement agencies, each inspectable unit under any Labour Law has been assigned one Labour Identification Number (LIN).
The entire 12% contribution of the employee goes towards the Employees’ Provident Fund Scheme (EPF), while from the employer's share of 12%, 3.67% goes to the Employees’ Provident Fund and 8.33% goes towards the Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS) along with 1% contribution of the government while 0.5% contribution of the employer goes to the ...