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Employees Provident Fund (EPF) Wage Ceiling
The central government is said to be planning to increase the wage ceiling limit under the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) scheme to Rs 21,000 from Rs 15,000 now. The previous time the central government enhanced the wage threshold was in September 2014.
If this proposal, reported in The Economic Times, goes through, it would impact the amount of contribution made towards the EPF scheme and the Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS).
It has a bearing on the amount of pension an employer.
The labor ministry may be looking to expand the coverage of the employers’ provident fund to millions of workers by increasing the wage ceiling for mandatory EPF benefits to ₹ 21,000 a month.
The wage ceiling for mandatory EPF benefits is currently set at ₹ 15,000. The move would bring EPF in line with other social security nets like Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), which also have a limit of ₹ 21,000.
The labor ministry may be looking to expand the coverage of the employers’ provident fund to millions of workers by increasing the wage ceiling for mandatory EPF benefits to ₹ 21,000 a month.
The wage ceiling for mandatory EPF benefits is currently set at ₹ 15,000. The move would bring EPF in line with other social security nets like Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), which also have a limit of ₹ 21,000.
The wage ceiling had last been raised eight years ago in 2014, the ninth time that it had been increased since the EPF was instituted in 1952.
While the EPF benefit is only mandatorily extended to employees earning up to ₹ 15,000, many companies voluntarily extend benefits to those earning higher salaries.
Under existing rules, any company with 20 or more employees needs to be registered with the EPFO and provide benefits mandatorily to those within the income ceiling.
While the EPF is a lifetime deposit, there are provisions to withdraw money from the EPF early as well.
By increasing the limit to ₹ 21,000, approximately 7.5 million more workers will be brought under the EPFO, which already counts 68 million contributing members. Benefits under the EPF extend to provident funds, pension, and insurance under the schemes.
Several worker unions, trade unions, and others have been clamoring to bring the EPF limit in line with ESIC, which had its own limit raised from ₹ 15,000 in January 2017.
A high-level committee of the government had backed a proposal to increase the income ceiling in April.
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