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Difference between EPF and PPF New Rules



 Difference between EPF and PPF New Rules.


EPF & PPF कुछ महत्वपूर्ण जानकारियां|




1. Employees Provident Fund (EPF)

2. public provident fund (PPF)

EPF and PPF both are popular choice when it comes to retirement planning because they keep your investment safe guarantee Returns. it is one of the most important things to do to ensure your Golden Years are as stress free as possible.


EPF is governed the (ministry of labour and employment) by the Employees Provident Fund Organisation and is offered only to salaried individual. this is a mandatory 
Saving Scheme that is applicable to employees of a company with more than 20 employees for employees whose salary is about the minimum amount stipulated.


The PPF (public provident fund) on the other hand is offered by bank post office to everyone regardless of whether you are salaried or not.

investing in EPF is a mandatory for the salaried people up to 12% of your basic + D A is detected contributed to your EPF account.

 added to this is your employee’s contributions which is equal to yours also, you can increase your contribution you can request to your employer for apply a VPF voluntary retirement scheme which is an extension of EPF, 

they they allow minimum deposit rupees 500 to maximum 1.5 lakhs.
The interest rate is declared by the EPFO every year, which is decided by government of India on general budget.

Tax benefit rules the amount you get when your EPF Matures is tax-exempt only if you have a good track record of at least five years of continuous service. if you change your job or company so you

 can continue the same account a new company also in case in between you are unemployment your EPF interest for that particular period is taxable. 

In contrast PPF has an EEE tax status. this means your PPF investment is tax free at all leaves contribution accumulation and maturity.


An EPF account has a locket lock-in period of 5 years so you can get tax benefit if you want to withdraw before that you have to pay 30% TDS also EPF have some tough rules if you not contributed more than a year maybe your account will get suspend.

Other hand EPF has a locket period in 15 year.






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