As many as 8,186 corporates have come on board with 10.50 lakh subscribers till October so far this year. It was 8.80 lakh last year in October from 6,795 corporates

More than the corpus, much depends on expenses, goals and commitments

The decision to divide the 8.5 per cent interest in two instalments was taken due to market volatility that affected the EPFO's income from equity investments

Employee provident fund (EPF) is one of the most dependable channels for retirement investment for majority of salaried people. However, recently the reports claimed that the EPFO will credit interest rate on your EPF investments in two tranches (8.15 per cent now, and 0.35 per cent by December 31). The confirmation is awaited. This video explains why the delay.

Soon after the spread of coronavirus, FM Sitharaman, in a relief to the employees and employers, reduced the mandatory monthly EPF contribution to 10 per cent of the basic salary from 12 per cent for the months of May, June and July

Of the 10.4 million salaried employees who withdrew their retirement savings in this period, at least 8.2 million were those who earn less than Rs 15,000 per month

The EPFO has decided to provide 8.15 per cent interest on EPF right away and the remaining 0.35 per cent rate would be credited into the subscribers' account by the end of this year, after proposed liquidation of ETFs

Notably, 55 per cent of advance claims settled during April-August 2020 were related to the recently introduced COVID-19 advance, while around 31 per cent of advances settled during the period pertained to illness claims

The EPF interest rate can be credited into the accounts of over six crore subscribers of the EPFO for a particular financial year only after the finance ministry's nod

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While the EPF reduction will put some extra cash in you hands in these times of crisis, there will be an impact on your retirement savings; here's what you can do

The move will provide relief to about 6.5 lakh establishments covered under EPFO and about 4.3 crore such employees, releasing liquidity of Rs 6,750 crore to employers and employees over next three months

Getting the basics right holds the key. This would involve first acknowledging that a large population has lost incomes, savings and jobs and second, consumption drives the economic growth which had already been weakened even before the pandemic hit

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Voluntary Provident Fund, also called Voluntary Retirement Fund, is an extension of Employee Provident Fund, and offers similar benefits as PPF along with an added advantage of typically a higher interest rate than the PPF

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