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September 2026

• 9Sep

  LabourPF investment pattern amended: rupee bonds of IBRD, IFC, ADB and New Development Bank with at least three years’ outstanding maturity — S.O. 5009(E)

  Rupee bonds: IBRD, IFC, ADB, NDBRule change

  The Labour Ministry has amended the investment pattern notified under section 17(3)(a) of the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952. In the debt category, clause (c) of Category (ii) now reads: rupee bonds with an outstanding maturity of at least three years issued by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Finance Corporation, Asian Development Bank and New Development Bank.

• 2Sep

  LabourPF Trusts without a formal exemption order can regularise under the EPF Scheme 2026 amnesty till 28 December 2026

  PF Trust amnestyRelief

  The one-time amnesty is for PF Trusts recognised under the Income-tax Act that have no exemption order under section 17 of the EPF & MP Act or section 143 of the Code on Social Security.