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The Board administers a contributory provident fund, pension scheme and an insurance scheme for the workforce engaged in the organised sector in India. [9] The board is chaired by the Union Labour Minister of India. Presently, the following three schemes are in operation under the Act: Employees' Provident Fund Scheme, 1952
Legally, the EPF is only obligated to provide 2.5% dividends (as per Section 27 of the Employees Provident Fund Act 1991). [8] The EPF claims that the lowered dividend is the result of its decision to invest in low-risk fixed revenue instruments, which produce lower returns but maintains the principal value of its members' contributions.
The Public Provident Fund (PPF) is a voluntary savings-tax-reduction social security instrument in India, [1] introduced by the National Savings Institute of the Ministry of Finance in 1968. The scheme's main objective is to mobilize small savings for social security during uncertain times by offering an investment with reasonable returns ...
Interest rates may not be going down anytime soon. The Federal Reserve hiked rates by half a point to a range of 4.25% to 4.5% in December to help combat inflation, CBC News reported, and promises...
The premium tax credit is a refundable tax credit in the United States that’s designed to help eligible individuals and families with low or moderate income afford marketplace health insurance ...
China's central bank said on Friday it would lower the interest rate for housing provident fund loans by 0.15 percentage points for first-time home buyers from Oct. 1, suggesting an urgency for ...
Employees Provident Fund: $240 [31] 2023: 1951: Non-commodity Netherlands: Stichting Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn (PFZW, formerly PGGM) $183 [32] (€162) 2022: 1969: Non-commodity Sweden: AP-funds $182 [33] 2023 1960 Taxation Chile: AFP: $160 [34] 2014: 1980: Non-commodity India: Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) $228 [35] 2019: ...
The employer of every employee to whom this Act applies shall be liable to pay an amount equal to three per centum (3%) of the total earnings including Wages, salary or fees, Cost of living allowance, special living allowance and other similar allowances, Payment in respect of holidays, The cost value of cooked or uncooked food provided by the employer to employees, Meal allowance and Any ...