May 29, 2026, pursuant to which the Central Government had prescribed INR 15,000 per month as the wage ceiling for the purposes of the said Chapter of the SS Code, which mirrored the wage ceiling under the erstwhile regime. The revised ceiling accordingly replaces the INR 15,000 ceiling that had been in force since September 2014.
May 29, 2026, pursuant to which the Central Government had prescribed INR 15,000 per month as the wage ceiling for the purposes of the said Chapter of the SS Code, which mirrored the wage ceiling under the...
The revised ceiling accordingly replaces the INR 15,000 ceiling that had been in force since September 2014.
The increase follows the Supreme Court direction to the Central Government and the EPFO to consider revising the wage ceiling in January 2026, a measure that had been under consideration for some time.
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May 29, 2026, pursuant to which the Central Government had prescribed INR 15,000 per month as the wage ceiling for the purposes of the said Chapter of the SS Code, which mirrored the wage ceiling under the erstwhile regime. The revised ceiling accordingly replaces the INR 15,000 ceiling that had been in force since September 2014. The increase follows the Supreme Court direction to the Central Government and the EPFO to consider revising the wage ceiling in January 2026, a measure that had been under consideration for some time.
As noted in the press release, the increment in the wage ceiling is expected to expand the mandatory EPFO coverage to an additional 51 lakh employees thus extending statutory social security benefits to a wider segment of employees.
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