EPF Withdrawals Made Easy - Employer Attestations No Longer Required

Just as government employees in India are provided social security during retirement in the form of pensions, non-government employees are protected under the Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (the "EPF Act").  The employees' provident fund under this Act plays a very important role in building up the corpus to be used during the post-retirement stage of an employee.  Employees covered under the EPF Act contribute 12% of their wages every month towards their provident fund.  The employer in turn makes a matching contribution to the fund.  The money goes into a fund managed by the Employees' Provident Fund Organization or EPFO, the apex decision making body, under the aegis of the Ministry of Labour and Employment.