Mon, Jul 31, 2023
EPF vs PPF comparison: EPFO invests 15% of the fresh money collected every year in equities. This exposure to equity makes it vulnerable to market movements.
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Sun, Jul 30, 2023
Government-backed schemes like Employee Provident Fund (EPF) and Public Provident Fund (PPF) are preferred retirement plans for lakhs of salaried and self-employed professionals in India. But both these pension plans vary in terms of interest rates, taxation, and terms of withdrawal. In this video we talk about the featured and differences of both these plans and where should investors park their retirement funds.
Tue, Jul 25, 2023
The government has increased the rate of interest on Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) deposits to 8.15% for the financial year 2022-23. This is the highest in 4 years and will benefit over 6 crore EPFO subscribers. The higher interest rate will help people save more money for their retirement and other financial goals.
Mon, Jul 24, 2023
EPFO: As per an official order issued on Monday, the EPFO has asked the filed offices for crediting the interest at 8.15 per cent on EPF for 2022-23 into the accounts of members.
Wed, Mar 29, 2023
EPFO interest rate hike: After the latest revision, the EPF interest rate stands at 8.15 per cent for the year 2022-23.
Sun, Mar 19, 2023
Paisa Wasool 2.0: National Pension System or Employees' Provident Fund, we answer which is the better tool as far post-retirement financial security is concerned.
Tue, Jan 24, 2023
EPFO passbook balance check online, SMS number: The union ministry keeps updating its services for EPFO subscribers for ease of use. Now everything has been made digital where a subscriber can simply sign-up and can access all services through the online credentials.
Sat, Mar 12, 2022
Retirement fund body EPFO on Saturday decided to lower the interest on provident fund deposits for 2021-22 to an over four-decade low of 8.1 per cent for its about five crore subscribers, from 8.5 per cent provided in 2020-21, sources said.
Sun, Feb 13, 2022
EPFO's apex decision-making body Central Board of Trustee will take a call on interest rate on employees' provident fund deposits for 2021-22 in its meeting next month.
Fri, Oct 29, 2021
The government has approved 8.5 per cent rate of interest on employees' provident fund for the 2020-21 fiscal, a source said.
Wed, Feb 17, 2021
The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is likely to take up the proposal to announce rate of interest for 2020-21 at its Central Board of Trustees (CBT) meeting scheduled on March 4.
Wed, Sep 09, 2020
In a major development, Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) in a meeting held on Wednesday has taken a big decision pertaining to provident fund.
Thu, Feb 21, 2019
BREAKING LIVE: EPFO has hiked interest rate on employees' provident fund to 8.65% from 8.55% for the 2018-19 fiscal year.
Wed, Jan 02, 2019
If an interest rate hike is on table ahead, then this will be beneficial to some 60 million employees - the EPFO manages retirement savings of up to Rs 11 trillion.
Thu, Feb 22, 2018
Retirement fund body EPFO has lowered the rate of interest on employees provident fund to 8.55 per cent for its over 6-crore subscribers for 2017-18, from 8.65 per cent in the previous fiscal.
Mon, Apr 24, 2017
EPFO, apart from being tax-free upto Rs 1,50,000 each year, provides interest rates that is usually higher than the prevailing market rates for instruments like fixed deposits.
Wed, Apr 19, 2017
EPF and tax-saving fixed deposits both earn a tax break of up to Rs 1.5 lakh under Section 80C of the Income Tax Act.
Thu, Apr 13, 2017
Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said on Thursday that EPFO has decided to provide 8.65% interest rate on provident fund (PF) deposits for the financial year 2016-17 (FY17).
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