EPFO Employees' Enrolment Scheme (EES) 2025

Union Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya launched the EPFO Employees' Enrolment Scheme (EES) 2025 on 1 November 2025, at EPFO's 73rd Foundation Day celebrations in New Delhi. OBJECTIVE: Expand EPF (Employees' Provident Fund) social security coverage by regularizing past instances of non-compliance and enrolling workers left out of the EPF system. KEY FEATURES: - Duration: 1 November 2025 to 30 April 2026 (6 months) - Covers employees who joined between 1 July 2017 and 31 October 2025 but were not enrolled in EPF - Employee EPF share is waived for the past period if not previously deducted - Employer must pay: own share + interest (Section 7Q) + administrative charges - Flat penalty of Rs 100 per establishment (across all 3 EPF schemes) - No suo-motu compliance action by EPFO - Establishments under Section 7A inquiry eligible with damages capped at Rs 100 - Participating employers become eligible for PM-Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana BENEFICIARIES: All establishments regardless of existing EPF coverage; workers left out of EPF system since July 2017 Goal: Universal social security coverage under 'Social Security for All'

केंद्रीय मंत्री डॉ. मनसुख मांडविया ने 1 नवंबर 2025 को नई दिल्ली में EPFO के 73वें स्थापना दिवस पर EPFO कर्मचारी नामांकन योजना (EES) 2025 शुरू की। उद्देश्य: पिछले गैर-अनुपालन को नियमित करके और EPF प्रणाली से बाहर रहे श्रमिकों को नामांकित करके EPF सामाजिक सुरक्षा कवरेज का विस्तार करना। प्रमुख विशेषताएं: - अवधि: 1 नवंबर 2025 से 30 अप्रैल 2026 (6 महीने) - 1 जुलाई 2017 से 31 अक्टूबर 2025 के बीच शामिल हुए लेकिन EPF में नामांकित नहीं किए गए कर्मचारियों को कवर करता है - कर्मचारी का EPF अंश माफ (यदि पहले नहीं काटा गया) - नियोक्ता को भुगतान: अपना अंश + ब्याज + प्रशासनिक शुल्क - प्रति प्रतिष्ठान Rs 100 का फ्लैट जुर्माना - EPFO द्वारा कोई स्वतः अनुपालन कार्रवाई नहीं लाभार्थी: सभी प्रतिष्ठान; जुलाई 2017 से EPF प्रणाली से बाहर रहे श्रमिक लक्ष्य: 'सभी के लिए सामाजिक सुरक्षा' के तहत सार्वभौमिक सामाजिक सुरक्षा कवरेज

• EPFO Employees' Enrolment Scheme (EES) 2025 launched on 1 November 2025 to expand EPF social security coverage by regularizing past non-compliance
• Duration: 1 November 2025 to 30 April 2026 (6 months); covers employees who joined between 1 July 2017 and 31 October 2025 but were not enrolled in EPF
• Employee EPF share is waived for past period if not previously deducted; employer must pay own share plus interest and administrative charges
• Flat penalty of only Rs 100 per establishment across all 3 EPF schemes; no suo-motu compliance action by EPFO
• Participating employers become eligible for PM-Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana benefits
• Goal is universal social security coverage under the vision of Social Security for All