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The EPFO's top decision-making body is the Central Board of Trustees (CBT), [2] [3] a statutory body established by the Employees' Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions (EPF&MP) Act, 1952. [4] As of 2021, more than ₹ 15.6 lakh crore (US$209 billion) are under EPFO management.
Legally, the EPF is only obligated to provide 2.5% dividends (as per Section 27 of the Employees Provident Fund Act 1991). [8] The EPF claims that the lowered dividend is the result of its decision to invest in low-risk fixed revenue instruments, which produce lower returns but maintains the principal value of its members' contributions.
The fund receives contributions from the Federal Government of Malaysia, statutory bodies and local authorities. [1] The contributions are invested by the fund in a mix of equities, bonds, property, private equity and infrastructure, with the investment returns used to finance the government's pension liabilities.
Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), established by ESI Act, is an autonomous organisation under Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India.As it is a legal entity, the corporation can raise loans and take measures for discharging such loans with the prior sanction of the central government and it can acquire both movable and immovable property and all incomes from the ...
The same year the present Karmachari Sanchaya Kosh (KSK), or Employees Provident Fund (EPF) in English, was established under the act as an autonomous provident fund organization. After the establishment of EPF, the erstwhile Sainik Drabya Kosh, Nijamati Provident Fund and Provident Fund Department were merged into the EPF. [ 4 ]
Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) is the regulatory body for overall supervision and regulation of pensions in India. [2] It operates under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Finance in the Government of India.
In 2017 Union budget of India, 25% exemption of the contribution made by an employee has been announced as a form of premature partial withdrawal in NPS. [26] This amendment will take effect on 1 April 2018 and will, accordingly, apply in relation to the assessment year 2018-19. [27] [28] NPS is a market-linked annuity product. [29]
The Consumer Protection Act, 2019 was introduced in the Lok Sabha as a replacement of COPRA, 1986 on 8 July 2019 by the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan. [1] It was passed by Lok Sabha on 30 July 2019 [2] and later passed in Rajya Sabha on 6 August 2019. [3] [4] [5]