RAS question
What is the duration of the EPFO Employees' Enrolment Scheme 2025?
Correct answer: (B) 6 months (Nov 2025 to April 2026).
The EPFO Employees' Enrolment Scheme 2025 runs for six months, from November 1, 2025, to April 30, 2026.
Explanation
The scheme's duration is six months because the Ministry of Labour and Employment's PIB release states that the Employees' Enrolment Scheme, 2025 is operational from November 1, 2025, to April 30, 2026. Its purpose is not to create a permanent enrolment window but to give employers a defined period to voluntarily declare and enrol eligible employees under EPFO social security coverage. The exact start and end dates establish a time-bound scheme to boost employee enrolment and help employers regularise past records.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Three months is too short because the official operating window runs from November 1, 2025, to April 30, 2026, not just November 2025 to January 2026.
- (C) Twelve months is too long because the scheme period ends on April 30, 2026, rather than extending to October 2026.
- (D) It is not a permanent scheme because the PIB release gives a fixed operational window with a start date and an end date.
Concept
This tests current government schemes under governance and social security, where RAS often asks precise implementation windows. The key is to remember the notified duration, not just the scheme's broad objective.