EPFO may lower interest rate on provident fund deposits for this fiscal
The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is likely to cut interest rate on the grounds that it is directly crediting exchange trade funds (ETF) units into provident fund accounts and lower yields on other investments, particularly bonds.
Nov 26, 2017, 12:25 PM ISTGovt considering proposal to hike EPFO wage ceiling to Rs 25,000
Government is considering a proposal to hike wage ceiling for coverage under social security schemes run by the retirement fund body EPFO to Rs 25,000 per month from the existing Rs 15,000, Parliament was informed on Monday.
Dec 05, 2016, 21:18 PM ISTEPFO trustees decides to set up panels on investment options
Retirement fund body EPFO's trustees Friday decided to constitute a panel to look into various investment options like increasing exposure to housing finance firms and private sector bonds.
Dec 19, 2014, 21:41 PM ISTEPFO trustees to discuss equity investment proposal on Dec 19
Retirement fund body EPFO will discuss a proposal to invest a part of its over Rs 6 lakh crore corpus in equities in the meeting of its trustees on December 19.
Dec 05, 2014, 18:08 PM ISTEPFO seeks trustees nod to invest more funds in govt bonds
Retirement fund manager EPFO has sought approval of its trustees to invest more funds in government securities, particularly state development loans (SDL) as they offer better returns than corporate bonds.
Aug 12, 2014, 17:26 PM IST