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Minimum wage cap: EPFO mulls hike after 10 years
Business Standard|April 20, 2024
The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is considering raising the monthly minimum wage ceiling from ₹15,000 now to improve the coverage and bring millions of informal workers under its purview.
- SHIVA RAJORA
Minimum wage cap: EPFO mulls hike after 10 years

The last increase in the minimum wage ceiling was in 2014 to ₹15,000 from ₹6,500.

The issue has been discussed in successive central board of trustees (CBT) meetings, which is the apex decision making body of the social security organisation, according to the minutes of the meetings seen by Business Standard.

This story is from the April 20, 2024 edition of Business Standard.

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