The National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has released the report on Employment Outlook of the country covering the period September, 2017 to January, 2023 based on the administrative records available with selected government agencies to assess the progress in certain dimensions.

The report has considered number of new subscribers under three major schemes namely, Employees Providend Find (EPF), Employees’ State Insurance Scheme (ESI) and the National Pension Scheme (NPS). According to the Data released by NSO, 6,27,08,006 new subscribers joined the EPF Scheme during September 2017 to January 2023. Also 7,90,42,794 new subscribers joined the ESI Scheme during September 2017 to January 2023.  Besides this, 40,90,393 new subscribers joined and contributed in the NPS Central Government, State Government and Corporate Schemes during September, 2017 to January, 2023. A detailed note is annexed.

Payroll Reporting in India: An Employment Perspective – January, 2023

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(Release ID: 1910333)