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EPFO decides to credit part of 8.5% interest for FY20: Report

Remaining 0.35 per cent rate of interest on EPF for 2019-20 would be credited into the subscribers account in December this year

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The board headed by Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar had decided to provide 8.5 per cent interest rate for 2019-20 in its meeting held in March

Press Trust of India New Delhi
Retirement fund group EPFO on Wednesday decided to credit a part of 8.5 per interest on employees provident fund (EPF) for 2019-20 into the account of its around 60 million subscribers.

The decision to provide 8.15 per cent interest on EPF has been taken at the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation's (EPFO) trustees meet held on Wednesday, a source told PTI.

The remaining 0.35 per cent rate of interest on EPF for 2019-20 would be credited into the subscribers account in December this year, the source further said.

The EPFO had earlier planned to liquidate some of its investment in exchange

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