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Source: Live Mint The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour recently recommended that the government raise the minimum pension, which currently stands at ₹1,000, given by the Employee Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) under its Employee Pension Scheme (EPS). In its report tabled in Parliament on December 16, the panel noted that over a decade has passed…
Source: Live Mint The Employees Provident Fund Organisation’s Central Board of Trustees is set to meet today, November 30, to decide on various proposals, according to a Business Today report citing sources. Chaired by Union Labour and Employment Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, the CBT is the EPFO’s apex decision-making body. The proposals under discussion include the…
Source: Live Mint Alert pensioners, the last date or deadline for submitting your Life Certificate annually is today (November 30). Also known as the ‘Jeewan Pramaan Patra’, all retired state and central government employees are required to submit the document to authorised pension disbursing agencies such as banks, post offices, etc. This enables the pensioners…
Source: Live Mint If you are an EPF (Employees Provident Fund) subscriber and keen to check the account balance and/or the last contribution made, the process is super easy. You need to only give a missed call. The only condition is that the member’s mobile number must already be registered on the UAN portal. So,…
Source: Live Mint “This tax is as high as 35%, the same as what people earning above ₹1 crore pay,” said Harsh Roongta, founder of Fee Only Investment Advisers. How so? That’s because of compulsory contributions to state insurance schemes and pension funds that are “akin to a tax” because of the difficulty in accessing…
Source: Live Mint The central government on Wednesday, September 4, approved a proposal for a Centralised Pension Payment System (CPPS) for the Employees Pension Scheme (EPS), 1995. The move is expected to benefit more than 78 lakh people. The Centralised Pension Payment System will be an important shift by establishing a national-level centralised system that…
Source: Live Mint As you are aware that the Union Government is set to roll out the Unified Pension System (UPS) from April 1, 2025 to give fixed, inflation-linked pensions to subscribers. As of now, the scheme is meant only for 23 lakh central government employees and the state government employees are permitted to opt…
