EPFO Higher Pension Scheme Details
Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) members are entitled to a pension after retirement
Currently, the employees and employers contribute 12% of their basic salary and dearness allowance to the EPF.
the employer’s 12% contribution, 8.33% goes to the Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS) and 3.67% to the EPF.
In 1995, the Government introduced a pension scheme under Section 6A of the EPF Act
The Employees Pension Scheme, 1995 (EPS-95) provided that the employer’s contribution of 8.33% should be towards the pension scheme.
the 8.33% EPS contribution is capped at the maximum amount of Rs.15,000 even when the employee draws a higher salary.
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