EPFO Celebrates 73rd Foundation Day; Launches Employee Enrollment Scheme 2025, Revamped Website & PDUNASS Honoured

On November 1, 2025, Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO), Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoL&E), celebrated its 73rd Foundation Day at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, Delhi.

• The event was graced by Union Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, MoL&E.

Key Launches and Initiatives:

Employee Enrollment Scheme 2025:On the occasion of EPFO Foundation Day 2025, Union Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya launched the Employee Enrollment Scheme 2025, designed to encourage employers to voluntarily declare and enrol eligible employees under the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF).

• The scheme, operational from 1st November 2025, exempts employers from paying the employee’s share of contributions if it was not deducted earlier and imposes only a nominal penalty of Rs.100 per establishment.

EPFO Website :He also unveiled the revamped EPFO homepage with a new user-friendly domain www.epfo.gov.in featuring improved interface, intuitive navigation, and simplified access to essential services and information for members, employers, and pensioners.

Publications and Commemorations: During the ceremony, he released a Coffee Table Book, State Profile 2025, and Reimagining Governance, documenting EPFO’s transformation, reforms, and achievements.

• A Special Postal Cover was also launched to mark the occasion.

Bhavishya Nidhi Awards 2025:

Award: During the event, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya National Academy of Social Security (PDUNASS), the training arm of EPDFO, was conferred two Bhavishya Nidhi Awards 2025 for Best Achievement in Capacity Building, and Special Initiative – Reimagining Governance: Discourse for Excellence (RGDE).

• The awards recognize PDUNASS’s outstanding work in improving employee training and promoting good governance within EPFO.

Recipients: The Best Achievement in Capacity Building award was jointly received by Kumar Rohit, Director, PDUNASS, and Uttam Prakash, Regional Provident Fund Commissioner (RPFC-I) and Moderator, RGDE series.

• The Special Initiative – Reimagining Governance: Discourse for Excellence (RGDE) award was jointly received by Kumar Rohit, and Ankur P. Gupta, RPFC-I.

Others: During the event Union Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya also inaugurated the EPFO exhibition, where PDUNASS displayed its key initiatives and publications, including booklets on RGDE, Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner (APFC) (Direct Recruit, DR) 2024 Training, Delicious Initiatives, Book Review, Rashtriya Karmayogi-Jan Seva Achievements, and materials from campuses in Faridabad (Haryana), Chennai (Tamil Nadu, TN), Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh, MP), Kolkata (West Bengal, WB), and Shillong (Meghalaya).

About Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO):
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – Ramesh Krishnamurthi
Headquarters – New Delhi, Delhi
Established – 1952