EPFO gross new members addition dips to 10.24 mn in June 2024: Mospi

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Retirement fund body EPFO's latest data stated that the gross new subscribers addition declined by over 7,000 to 10,24,851 which was 10,31,982 during the month of May 2024...

According to the report 'Payroll Reporting in India: An Employment Perspective June 2024', the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) recorded 1,09,93,119 gross addition of new members in 2023-24 compared to 11,498,453 in 2022-23.. ..

In June 2024, the net formal job creation under the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) surged to 1.92 million, attributed to the augmented employment opportunities, enhanced awareness of employee benefits, and effective outreach initiatives by the EPFO, as per the Ministry of Labour and Employment...

This monthly payroll data includes new members who have enrolled with EPFO using Aadhaar-validated Universal Account Numbers (UAN), along with existing members who may have left and returned, in order to determine the overall net monthly payroll figure...

However, analysis of data spanning the last five fiscal years up to 2023-24 reveals that the Employee Provident Fund Organization's (EPFO) total new member additions have yet to reach the pre-COVID levels of 2018-19..

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