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The Union Labour Ministry said successful New Delhi connected Friday (January 16, 2026) that the Scheme to Promote Registration of Employers/Employees (SPREE) and different reforms successful the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) and Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has extended the societal information nett to much than 1 crore workers .
Operational from July, 2025, the SPREE strategy offers a one-time accidental for employers and employees who whitethorn person been inadvertently near retired of the ESI strategy to registry without interest for retrospective sum oregon punitive action. “Until January 11, 2026, 1.17 lakh caller employers and 1.03 crore caller employees person registered nether the strategy successful the ESIC. The SPREE is operational for the play from July 1, 2025, to January 31, 2026,” a Ministry authoritative told reporters.
The authoritative added that owing to a bid of reforms successful the EPFO, a subordinate tin retreat up to 75% of the balance, each of which became imaginable nether simplified and liberalised provisions. “The equilibrium of 25% volition assistance successful gathering a amended status corpus for members,” helium said, adding that 47.48% of the full claims and 72.09% of the beforehand claims person been settled successful car mode aft simplifying the processes.
