EPFO salary limit to be amended soon: It has been proposed to increase the wage ceiling for the calculation of Provident Fund and Pension Contribution under the Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO). Sources have said that the Finance Ministry may soon take a decision on the proposal received from the Ministry of Labor.
EPFO salary limit to be amended soon: After the necessary pension reform through the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) in government jobs, now good news can come for the employees of the private sector as well. It has been proposed to increase the wage ceiling for the calculation of Provident Fund and Pension Contribution under the Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO). Sources have said that the Finance Ministry may soon take a decision on the proposal received from the Ministry of Labor. In this proposal, the Labor Ministry has recommended increasing the salary limit from the current Rs 15,000 to Rs 21,000.
There will be a direct impact on pension and EPF contribution
According to sources, “The proposal (to increase the salary limit for EPF contribution) was sent in April and the Finance Ministry will soon take a final decision on it.” The salary limit for calculating pension in the Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS), managed by the EPFO, is Rs 15,000 from September 1, 2014. However, the proposed increase may provide much-needed relief and better benefits to private sector employees. If the proposal to increase the salary limit from Rs 15,000 to Rs 21,000 is approved, it will have several significant implications on the pension and EPF contributions of private sector employees.
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How is EPS pension calculated
A special formula is used to calculate EPS pension. This formula is – Average salary x pensionable service / 70. Let us tell you that here average salary means the employee’s ‘basic salary’ + ‘dearness allowance’. Apart from this, the maximum pensionable service is 35 years. At present, the current salary limit (pensionable salary) is Rs 15,000. Now if we calculate with these figures, then currently EPS pension is 15,000 x 35 / 70 = Rs 7,500 per month.
In-hand salary will be reduced
If the salary limit is increased from Rs 15,000 to Rs 21,000, then the pension received by the employees will be 21,000 x 35 / 70 = Rs 10,050 per month. That is, after the new rules, the employees will get Rs 2550 extra pension every month. However, one more thing to note here is that after the new rules, the in-hand salary of the employees will decrease slightly because after the implementation of the new rules, there will be more deduction for EPF and EPS from the employee’s salary as compared to now.
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