Employees Provident Fund Regulations 2025

EPFO Regulations 2025

EMPLOYEES’ PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION
NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 25th April, 2025

No. HRD-I/1/2024/EPF-Regulations, 2024.––In exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (7) of section 5D of the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (19 of 1952) and in supersession of the Employees’ Provident Fund (Officers and Employees’ Conditions of Services) Regulations, 2008, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Board, hereby makes the following regulations, namely:-

1. Short title and commencement. (1) These regulations may be called the Employees’ Provident Fund (Staff and Conditions of Service) Regulations, 2025.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Definitions- In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,–

(a) “Act” means the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (19 of 1952);

(b) “Central Board” means the Central Board constituted under section 5A of the Act;

(c) “Chairman, Central Board” means the Chairman of the Central Board appointed by the Central Government under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Act;

(d) “Chairman, Executive Committee” means the Chairman appointed under clause (a) of sub section (2) of section 5AA of the Act;

(e) “Commissioner” includes the Central Provident Fund Commissioner appointed under sub-section (1) of section 5D of the Act and Additional Central Provident Fund Commissioner, Deputy Provident Fund Commissioner, Regional Provident Fund Commissioner and Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner appointed under sub-section (3) of section 5D of the Act;

(f) “CPFC” means the Central Provident Fund Commissioner as appointed under sub-section (1) of section 5D of the Act;

(g) “employee” means a person appointed to or borne on the cadre of the staff of the Central Board;

(h) “Executive Committee” means the Executive Committee constituted under section 5AA of the Act;

(i) “month” means a calendar month;

(j) “post” means a post under the Central Board, specified in column (2) of the First Schedule annexed to these regulations; the conditions of service of which, except the method of recruitment, shall be such as specified in these regulations;

(k) “Schedule” means a Schedule annexed to these regulations;

(l) “Service” means service under the Central Board.

(2) Words and expressions used herein, but not defined and defined in the Act, shall have the same meaning assigned to them in the Act, or the relevant rules applicable to the officers and employees of the Central Government drawing corresponding scales of pay.

3. Application.–– (1) These regulations shall apply to every employee of the Central Board in respect of the posts specified in the First Schedule.

(2) In the case of persons appointed by the Central Board on deputation basis from the lending authorities, namely, the Central Government or the State Government or Union territory Administration or local bodies or autonomous bodies including the Universities and the Central and the State Public Sector undertakings, the terms and conditions of appointment shall be settled by the respective appointing authority specified in the Second Schedule, in consultation with the lending authority.

(3) These regulations shall not be applicable to the persons appointed on contract or tenure basis.

Provided that the Chairman, Central Board may, by general or special order, delegate, to any other authority or officer of the Central Board, to make appointment to any post or class of posts specified in the First Schedule.

5. Oath of allegiance to the Constitution of India. — Every employee shall be required to take an oath or solemnly affirm his allegiance to the Constitution of India, as by law established, at the time of his appointment to the service of the Central Board.

6. Declaration to be made by Employees. — Every employee, to whom these regulations apply, shall make the following declaration, namely:

“I hereby declare that I have read and understood the Employees Provident Fund (Staff and Conditions of Service) Regulations, 2025, and I hereby subscribe and agree to be bound by the said regulations.

7. Probation.— (1) Every employee appointed to a post by direct recruitment or re-employment before the age of superannuation shall be on probation for such period as specified in the recruitment rules for that post.

(2) The period of probation and other conditions of service relating thereto in respect of the employees appointed on direct recruitment or promotion or re-employment before the age of superannuation shall be as applicable to the officers and employees of the Central Government drawing corresponding scales of pay.

8. Commencement of service. – The service of an employee appointed on direct recruitment or reemployment before the age of superannuation shall commence from the working day on which an employee reports for duty on being appointed to a post in the Central Board, at the place intimated to him by the appointing authority, provided that he reports for duty in the forenoon, otherwise his service shall commence from the next working day.

9. Pay, leave, provident fund, retirement age and allowances, etc. – (1) The scales of pay in respect of the posts specified in column (2) of the First Schedule, shall be as specified in column (3) of that Schedule.

(2) The Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972, applicable to the officers and employees of the Central Government, shall be applicable to the employees of the Central Board drawing corresponding scales of pay.

(3) The General Provident Fund (Central Services) Rules, 1960, applicable to the officers and employees of the Central Government, shall be applicable to the employees of the Central Board drawing corresponding scales of pay.

(4) The age of retirement for the employees of the Central Board shall be such as may be prescribed by the Central Government in respect of the officers and employees of the Central Government drawing corresponding scales of pay in accordance with rule 56 of the Fundamental Rules.

(5) The employees of the Central Board shall be entitled to such allowances including travelling allowance and concessions, as admissible from time to time to the officers and employees of the Central Government drawing corresponding scales of pay.

10. Pensionary benefits. (1) All regular employees of the Central Board who entered service on or before the 31st December, 2003, other than the Officers appointed under sub-section (1) and (2) of section 5D of the Act, shall be entitled to the benefits of pension, commutation of pension, family pension, death-cum-retirement gratuity and service gratuity as applicable to the officers and employees of the Central Government under the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021.

Provided that in the matter of the pensioners of the Central Board, consultation with the Union Public Service Commission, as provided under first proviso to sub-rule (1) of rule 8 of Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021, before passing final orders, shall not be applicable.

(2) The Central Civil Services (Implementation of National Pension System) Rules, 2021 and the Central Civil Services (Payment of Gratuity under the National Pension System) Rules, 2021 shall be applicable in the case of regular employees of the Central Board who have entered service on or after the 1st January, 2004.

Provided that in the matter of such retired employees of Central Board, consultation with Union Public Service Commission as provided under the first proviso to sub-rule (1) of rule 5 of the Central Civil Services (Payment of Gratuity under National Pension System) Rules, 2021, before passing final orders, shall not be applicable.

(3) An employee, who sustains an injury or dies as a result of an injury or dies in the course of or as a consequence of the performance of his duty, may be awarded an extraordinary pension on the same scale and subject to the same conditions as laid down in the Central Civil Services (Extraordinary Pension) Rules, 2023 of the Central Government, as in force on the date of the publication of these regulations, and also subject to such modification as may be adopted by the Central Board with the approval of the Central Government.

(4) In the case of employees of the Central Board, the powers and functions of the authorities as prescribed in the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021 shall be exercised by the officers or authorities of the Central Board for the purposes of this regulation, as per written orders issued from time to time by the Central Provident Fund Commissioner with the approval of the Chairman, Central Board.