Home / Provident Fund Registration Updated on 25 Sep 2020 9.00 AM IST | 4 min read Employee Provident Fund (EPF) Registration in India

Employee Provident Fund is one of the most important platforms of savings for all those peoples working in public or private sector in India. It is a statutory body formed by employee’s provident fund and miscellaneous provisions act, 1952 under the administrative control of the Ministry of Labour, Government of India.

EPF scheme is applicable to all salaried employees. The Employee Provident Fund Scheme offers retirement benefits to the employees. EPF Registration is mandatory for all those organizations or companies who are having 20 or more than 20 employees including temporary or permanent employees.

In case the number of employees in an organization is less than 20, they can voluntarily register for the Employee provident fund at the regional provident fund office whereas the Companies having more than 20 employees need to register themselves with EPFO within 1 month. If delayed, it will lead to fines, penalties etc.

20 employees also include contractual employees such as security, housekeeping and other contractual workers of the business. All those co-operative societies whose employee strength is 50 or more also need to register themselves for the employee provident fund (EPF).The registered organizations come under the rules and regulations of the act and these rules and regulations are still applicable when their employee strength becomes less than the minimum number of employees.

Employers need to register themselves for Provident fund either online or offline. It is best for the employer to register via online mode. The employer can download the registration form from the official portal of Employees Provident Fund Organization i.e. www.epfindia.gov.in.