Ghaziabad, July 24 (IANS) A Special CBI Court in Ghaziabad on Friday convicted and sentenced the then manager of a gramin bank branch in Meerut to four years’ imprisonment with a fine of Rs10,000 in a 10-year-old bribery case, an official statement said.Umesh Kumar Singhal, Branch Manager, Sarva UP Gramin Bank, Branch- Machhra, Meerut, had taken a bribe of Rs 25,000 from a loan applicant, the CBI official said.The CBI registered the instant case on April 28, 2016, against Singhal on receiving …
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New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested an Enforcement Officer of Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) District Office in Patiala for taking Rs 2.5 lakh bribe from a person facing an inquiry, an official said on Thursday. The CBI registered the case immediately on July 22 against the Enforcement Officer of EPFO.It was alleged that the client of the complainant (EPF consultant) was facing an inquiry under Section 7A of the Employees’ Provident Fun…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) State-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has Rs 7,318.5 crore in unclaimed funds as of March 31, 2026, the Finance Ministry informed Parliament on Monday. In a written reply to a question in Parliament, the ministry said the accumulated amount includes Rs 5,564.5 crore of unclaimed policyholder money and Rs 1,753.95 crore as accrued income generated on those funds.Separately, the government clarified that the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) …
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has launched “VISHWAS 2026”, a one-time dispute resolution initiative to facilitate amicable settlement of disputes relating to the levy of penalty or damages under Section 14B of the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 and Section 128 of the Code on Social Security, 2020. VISHWAS, 2026, has been introduced with the objective of promoting voluntary compliance, reducing litigation, and en…
Hyderabad, July 14 (IANS) Union Minister for Labour and Employment, Mansukh Mandaviya, on Tuesday inaugurated the 15th BRICS Trade Union Forum (TUF) Summit 2026 here, calling for building a worker-centric global order where technological advancement is guided by social justice, responsible innovation and human dignity. Addressing delegates from BRICS countries at the inaugural session, the Union Minister said that India’s BRICS Presidency theme, “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation …
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has invited applications for amnesty scheme, valid for a period of six months, from Provident Fund (PF) Trusts, it was announced on Sunday.The EPFO introduced the Amnesty Scheme, 2026 (notified on June 29), providing a one-time opportunity for establishments operating exempted PF Trusts recognised under the Income Tax Act, 1961 to regularise their status. “Employers, stakeholders and the general public are advised to…
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has restored its passbook portal after completing scheduled maintenance, allowing members to access their provident fund statements again.The migration process aimed at enhancing processing efficiency, security and reliability of EPFO’s online platform.The portal was taken offline until June 26 for a major database consolidation and software upgrade. A notice on the site says transactions for recently processed account…
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has completed the process of migrating its entire database of member records to the new centralised national database, as part of the CITES Project (Centralised IT Enabled Services) initiative, to modernise the organisation’s service delivery to its members through automation and rule-based processing, it was announced on Wednesday.The project is designed to enhance convenience for members, improve EPFO operational effi…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The newly notified Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) Scheme, 2026, introduced new provisions on partial withdrawals effective June 29.Under the revised scheme, members of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation must retain a minimum balance of 25 per cent of their eligible member balance in their EPF account before making any partial withdrawal. Any amount calculation for a minimum withdrawal will be done only after setting this balance aside.The minimum balance req…
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on Thursday announced that several of its online services, including claim submission and e-passbook facilities, will remain temporarily unavailable from this week due to a scheduled system migration exercise.In a post on X, the EPFO said services on the Member Portal, Employer Portal and the UMANG App will be unavailable between June 26 and June 29 as part of a planned system migration.The temporary suspension is part o…