Candidates can apply for EPFO Assistant Posts till July 21, 2019. Apply through www.epfindia.gov.in. Here's what you must know
All members of the pension scheme would have to link their Aadhaar with their UAN just to continue their membership in the pension scheme
There are concerns that the high return would hurt the economy by reducing banks' ability to lend at attractive rates
EPFO will conduct an online exam for the posts on July 30 and July 31. The entry level pay for the posts is Rs 44,900
At present, the EPFO is mandated to invest 20-45 per cent of its incremental funds in debt-related instruments, according to its pattern of investment
The EPFO had earlier reduced the interest rate in 2016-17 to 8.65 per cent from 8.8 per cent in 2015-16
Earlier, it was difficult for an employee to find out whether the employer has been depositing his share of PF contribution
According to the EPFO's regulations, the contribution of employer and employee to EPF has to be equal - 12 per cent of basic salary
An empowered committee, set up by the labour and employment ministry, in its report submitted to the govt in December had recommended that the minimum monthly member pension may be hiked to Rs 2,000
Sources said that the EPFO has invested about Rs 570 crore in the IL&FS bonds.
The EPFO's CBT will decide the interest rate for subscribers for 2018-19 in its Thursday meeting
From August 2015 to December 2018, the EPFO invested Rs 63,224 crore in ETFs
The EPFO is now developing a software that would help show retirement savings in cash and ETFs components separately
Around 7.9 million new subscribers were added to social security schemes of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) from September 2017 to October 2018
The EPFO has separately engaged SBI Capital and UTI Mutual Funds as exchange-traded fund managers
At present, the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation's 75 per cent ETF investments are handled by SBI Capital, while remaining 25 per cent is managed by UTI Mutual Funds
Unclear if beneficiaries under the scheme represent new jobs
Gangwar said it is the constant endeavour of the government to bring more workers in the unorganised sector under the fold of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation
As per the data, the number of new subscribers joining EPF during September 2017- August 2018 stood at 1,45,63,864
More than a year on, doubts over reliability for mapping jobs