Provident Fund  

The Indian Post Office offers a range of savings schemes tailored for women that provide secure and reliable returns. These plans are designed to cater to various financial needs, including long-term savings and income tax benefits.
 

When planning for retirement and aiming to build a significant retirement fund, both the National Pension System (NPS) and Public Provident Fund (PPF) are good investment choices. However, the decision between the two depends on your specific financial goals and preferences.

Government investment schemes offer tax exemptions and attractive returns. If you want to avoid risks associated with the stock market, these schemes are ideal investment options for you.

Here's some good news for private sector employees. The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation is likely to declare interest rate of 8.5 per cent on their EPF savings for the financial year 2019-20 at one go

 

With the government's recent notifications of new rules for Public Provident Fund (PPF), account holders can now reap benefits such as deposits, loans and premature closure relating to the accounts
 

The officers were arrested on the directions of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath for the alleged investment of over Rs 2,600 crore of Uttar Pradesh power employees' provident fund money in scam-hit DHFL

This move by EPFO will show the exact records of formal employment and will reassure the governments' saying "to calculate jobs on the basis of the provident fund records

According to latest Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) payroll data, net employment generation in the formal sector touched a 17-month high of 8.96 lakh in January 2019. The addition in January was 131% higher as compared with 3.87 lakh EPFO subscribers added in the year-ago month.

A study of the unorganised sector, a rapid increase in provident fund accounts, MUDRA beneficiaries, payroll reporting, etc will reveal that the Narendra Modi government has created many facilities of employment generation with remarkable success, which often goes unnoticed

The requirement of the two-month waiting period will not, however, apply in cases of female members resigning from the services of the establishment for the purpose of getting married, he said.