INVESTMENT OF EPFO FUND
Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) invests Funds as per the Investment Pattern notified by the Government. Total corpus of various funds managed by EPFO as on 31.03.2022 was Rs. 18.30 lakh crore, which has been invested as under:
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Debt Investments (including Public Account of India)
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ETF Investments
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91.30%
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8.70%
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EPFO does not invest directly in individual stocks including stocks of any blue chip company. EPFO invests in Equity markets through ETFs replicating BSE-SENSEX and NIFTY-50 indices. EPFO has also invested from time-to-time in ETFs constructed specifically for disinvestment of shareholding of the Government of India in body corporates. The details of investments made by EPFO in ETFs during the last five years and current year are as below:-
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Year
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Amount Invested (Rs. in crore)
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2018-19
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27,974
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2019-20
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31,501
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2020-21
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32,071
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2021-22
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43,568
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2022-23
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53,081*
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2023-24
(till July, 2023)
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13,017*
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*Provisional
This information was given by Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment Shri Rameswar Teli in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
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MJPS/NSK
(Release ID :246909)