The Hindu Business Line : Industries with ten or more employees to be under EPF: Govt

NEW DELHI: The Government on Saturday approved the proposal of bringing industries with ten or more employees under the ambit of Employee's Provident Fund (EPF) against the earlier limit of twenty or more workers.

The decision on revision in the rate of interest of the EPF corpus fund for the year 2008-09 was deferred till the next meeting of the EPFO. A high-level meeting of board members of Central Provident Fund chaired by Union Labour Minister Mr Oscar Fernand es decided that the industries with ten or more employees will have to contribute towards the EPF accounts from now on.

“The ceiling for industries has been revised and now any industry with ten or more employees will have to deduct EPF money of the employees,” said Mr Fernandes said.

Currently, industries with twenty or more employees are covered under the ambit of EPF. “It was a major decision and there are several industries that were required to be covered under the EPF. There was resistance from the part of the industries but the n it was in the favour of employees” said the CITU leader and a member of the EPF board Mr W V Vardharajan.

“We want that the rates should be revised. The current rate is not enough. Government has to take the rising inflation into consideration before forming any opinion on the revision in the rate of interest,” he said. - PTI

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