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EPFO achieves a historic high of 21.6 million claim settlement as on March 6
At present, 96 per cent corrections are being done without any EPF...
India advancing with labour welfare, quality employment and social justice: Govt
Sumita Dawra, Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment and...
More than half of people in APAC still lack social protection, says new ILO report
The World Social Protection Report 2020–22: Regional companion report for Asia and the Pacific finds that only 44.1 per cent of the region's population have access to at least one social protection benefit. Looking at some specific benefits; only 45.9 per cent of new...
Max Life Insurance enters pension fund management biz; its arm secures licence from PFRDA
Set up with initial capital of Rs 50 crore, the fund manager is expected to begin its operation in October, Max Life managing director and CEO Prashant Tripathy told PTI New Delhi: Max Life Insurance Company on Friday said it has ventured into the pension fund...
Income tax payers barred from enrolling in Atal Pension Yojana from Oct 1
The government introduced APY on June 1, 2015, to provide social security to workers mainly in the unorganised sector. Subscribers of the scheme get a minimum guaranteed pension of Rs 1,000 to Rs 5,000 per month after attaining 60 years of age depending on their...
Finance ministry invites application for PFRDA chairperson post
Besides senior government officials, private sector employees who have worked at the level of CEO, CFO, COO or equivalent are also eligible to apply for the post. The position is also open for persons from an academic backgrounds New Delhi: The government has started...
EPFO’s Rs 1.59 lakh crore investment in ETFs rises to Rs 2.26 lakh crore
The EPFO invests 85 per cent of the funds in debt instruments and 15 per cent of the investment is made in ETFs, as per the investment pattern notified by the government New Delhi: Retirement fund body EPFO has invested Rs 1,59,299.46 crore in Exchange Traded Funds...
PFRDA looks to offer guaranteed pension programme under NPS
Supratim Bandyopadhyay,Chairperson,PFRDA ''The Minimum Assured Return Scheme is under development. Tentatively, we may start from September 30,'' PFRDA Chairperson Supratim Bandyopadhyay told reporters here on Friday New Delhi: The Pension Fund Regulatory and...
RBI’s financial inclusion index rises; showing growth across all segments
The index captures information on various aspects of financial inclusion in a single value ranging between 0 and 100, where 0 represents complete financial exclusion and 100 indicates full financial inclusion. In August last year, the central bank said it has been...
EPFO launches face authentication for pensioners to submit digital life certificates
Union Minister of Labour and Employment Bhupender Yadav who also chairs EPFO's apex decision-making body the Central Board of Trustees launched the face authentication technology for pensioners and stated a labour ministry statement New Delhi: EPFO launches face...
EPFO likely to enhance investment limit in equities to 20 per cent
The proposal to revise the limit to 20 percent has been vetted and approved by the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation's (EPFO) advisory body Finance Audit and Investment Committee (FAIC) New Delhi: Retirement fund body EPFO is likely to approve this month a...
BoI launches digital mode for NPS enrollment
Bank of India launched its digital mode for the enrollment in National Pension System (NPS) in association with K-fintech. Customers can now open the NPS account on their mobile in a hassle free & paperless manner, simply by scanning the QR code. The new digital...