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adminMay 25, 2021

By Saurabh Katkurwar, New Delhi : Amid the controversy over the withholding of a report on the country’s unemployment situation, the government has cited data from provident fund records, Income Tax filings and the National Pension System (NPS), besides a possible upswing in the informal sector to show generation of crores of new jobs. However, […]

adminMay 25, 2021

New Delhi, (IANS) In a major climbdown after persistent pressure from the trade unions and political parties, the government on Friday increased interest rate on employees provident fund (EPF) deposits to 8.8 percent for 2015-16 from 8.70 percent as it had announced earlier. “I am happy to tell you that the EPF rate has been […]

adminMay 25, 2021

New Delhi (IANS) Adding further confusion over tax treatment of provident fund contributions proposed in the UNion Budget, the finance ministry on Tuesday said a final view was yet to be taken on the subject. In a statement, the ministry said on members of the provident fund who invest their withdrawals in annuity funds, no […]