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Retirement money assemblage EPFO connected Monday (March 2, 2026) fixed the involvement complaint connected employees' provident money (EPF) deposits for 2025-26 astatine 8.25%, retaining the complaint for the 2nd consecutive year, a root said.
In February past year, the EPFO retained the 8.25% complaint of involvement for 2024-25 fiscal year.
The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), successful 2024, accrued the involvement complaint marginally to 8.25% for 2023-24, from 8.15% successful 2022-23.
In March 2022, EPFO lowered the involvement connected post-retirement deposits for 2021-22 to an implicit four-decade debased of 8.10% for its implicit 7 crore subscribers, from 8.5% successful 2020-21.
The 8.10% complaint for 2020-21 was the lowest since 1977-78, erstwhile the complaint stood astatine 8%.
"The EPFO's apex determination making assemblage Central Board of Trustees (CBT) has decided to supply 8.25% complaint of involvement connected EPF for 2025-26 astatine its gathering connected Monday (March 2, 2026)," the root said.
After the CBT's decision, the involvement complaint connected EPF deposits for 2025-26 volition beryllium sent to the Ministry of Finance for concurrence. After the government's ratification, the involvement complaint for 2025-26 volition beryllium credited into accounts of implicit 7 crore subscribers of EPFO.
EPFO provides the complaint of involvement aft it is ratified by the authorities done the Finance Ministry.
In March 2020, EPFO lowered the involvement complaint connected provident money deposits to a seven-year debased of 8.5% for 2019-20, from 8.65% provided for 2018-19.
EPFO provided an 8.65% involvement complaint to its subscribers successful 2016-17 and 8.55% successful 2017-18. The complaint of involvement was somewhat higher astatine 8.8% successful 2015-16.
The status money assemblage gave 8.75% complaint of involvement successful 2013-14 arsenic good arsenic 2014-15, higher than 8.5% for 2012-13.
The complaint of involvement was 8.25% successful 2011-12.
