Retirement Body

Soon, EPFO to hike minimum salary limit for maintaining PF account to Rs 25,000 per month

The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is likely to hike the limit for compulsorily maintaining a PF account to Rs 25,000 from the existing Rs 15,000.

Nov 18, 2016, 14:31 PM IST

EPFO likely to raise maximum insurance cover to Rs 5.5 lakh

After getting the committee's nod, it will then be placed before the EPFO's apex decision making body the Central Board of Trustees' (CBT) headed by the Labour Minister.

Sep 06, 2015, 11:12 AM IST

EPFO to hit stock market through ETF route on August 6

Retirement fund body EPFO will kickstart the process of investing in the stock market on August 6 with an initial corpus of around Rs 5,000 crore to be invested through ETFs in the current fiscal.

Jul 31, 2015, 13:33 PM IST

DoD wants EPFO to invest Rs 6,000 cr, fund commits Rs 1k cr

The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) had earlier committed to the Finance Ministry that it will start investing from August 1 in the CPSE ETF, a top official said.

Jul 26, 2015, 12:13 PM IST

DoD wants EPFO to invest Rs 6,000 cr, fund commits Rs 1k cr

The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) had earlier committed to the Finance Ministry that it will start investing from August 1 in the CPSE ETF, a top official said.

Jul 26, 2015, 12:13 PM IST

EPFO to float tender for engaging new fund managers

Retirement fund body EPFO will float a tender on December 9 for appointment of new fund managers for a term of three years beginning April 1, 2015.

Dec 07, 2014, 11:06 AM IST

EPFO to become UIDAI registrar to enrol its subscribers

The EPFO wants to seed over 4.2 crore portable Universal PF Account Numbers issued by it, with the Aadhaar number of subscribers.

Nov 30, 2014, 10:35 AM IST

EPFO to launch online PF transfer for PF trusts this month

There are 3,621 private provident fund trusts (PPFT) which are managing the accounts as well as retirement fund of their workers. These trusts are regulated by the EPFO.

Oct 12, 2014, 10:35 AM IST

EPFO to set up specialised corporate offices for large firms

EPFO has decided to create paper less specialised corporate offices (SCO), which would provide prompt services to large firms and their employees.

Sep 14, 2014, 11:44 AM IST

EPFO settled 37.41 lakh claims till July 15 this fiscal

EPFO had launched the online facility for allotment of employer's code on June 30 this year.

Jul 21, 2014, 15:48 PM IST