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ARTICLE · 26 MARCH 2026

Corporate & Compliance Digest March 23, 2026

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Anuroop Omkar
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We are delighted to share this week's AKP Corporate & Compliance Weekly Digest. Please feel free to write to us with your feedback at [email protected].

1. Labour Law

1.1. EPFO Simplifies Overseas PF Payments for International Workers from SSA Countries

The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation ("EPFO") has issued a circular dated 18 March 2026, introducing a revised framework for facilitating payment of provident fund accumulations to overseas bank accounts of International Workers and their beneficiaries belonging to countries with which India has entered into Social Security Agreements ("SSAs"). The circular seeks to streamline the existing procedure and address practical challenges faced by stakeholders. The revised framework provides that the facility of overseas remittance is restricted to SSA countries and allows International Workers to receive payments in India, their home country, or a third country, in accordance with the relevant SSA. It

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