EPFO Data: According to payroll knowledge launched on Saturday, the retirement fund body EPFO added 13.40 lakh members on a internet foundation in March, taking the entire addition to 1.39 crore in 2022-23,
The newest knowledge advised {that a} whole of 1.22 crore members have been added to the EPFO on a internet foundation in 2021-22. Out of 13.40 lakh members added through the month of March, round 7.58 lakh new members have come underneath the ambit of EPFO for the primary time, a labour ministry assertion stated.
“During the financial year 2022-23, around 1.39 crore net members have been added by the EPFO with an increase of 13.22 per cent compared to the previous financial year 2021-22 wherein EPFO had added approximately 1.22 crore net members,” the assertion stated.
Among the newly joined members, the best enrolment is registered in the age group of 18-21 years with 2.35 lakh members, adopted by the age group of 22-25 years with 1.94 lakh members.
The age-groups of 18-25 years represent 56.60 per cent of whole new members added through the month. This age-wise comparability of payroll knowledge signifies that almost all of the members becoming a member of the organised sector workforce of the nation are first-time job seekers.
The knowledge additionally highlights that roughly 10.09 lakh members re-joined EPFO membership. These members switched their jobs and re-joined the institutions lined underneath EPFO and opted to switch their accumulations as an alternative of making use of for remaining settlement thus, extending their social safety safety, it acknowledged.
Gender-wise evaluation of payroll knowledge displays that enrolment of internet feminine members has been 2.57 lakh in March 2023, which is round 19.21 per cent of the online member addition for the month.
Of these, 1.91 lakh feminine members are the brand new joiners. This is round 25.16 per cent addition of all the brand new joiners.
State-wise payroll figures spotlight that month-on-month rising development in internet member addition is mirrored in the states of Haryana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Mizoram, and so forth.
In phrases of internet member addition, prime 5 states are Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Haryana and Gujarat. These states collectively represent 58.68 per cent of internet member addition through the month.
Of all of the states, Maharashtra is main by including 20.63 per cent of internet members adopted by the state of Tamil Nadu with 10.83 per cent through the month.
(With PTI enter)
