According to the new rules of General Provident Fund (GPF), now only up to Rs 5 lakh can be invested in it in a financial year. Earlier no upper limit was fixed for investment in it.
New Delhi. There have been some changes in the rules of General Provident Fund (GPF). Now only up to Rs 5 lakh can be invested in this in a financial year. GPF is a scheme similar to PPF, but only government employees can contribute to it.
According to the General Provident Fund (Central Service) Rules, 1960, till now there was no upper limit for putting money in this fund. Till now, employees could put a percentage of their salary. These rules were changed through a government notification on 15 June 2022. According to the new rules, an amount cannot exceed Rs 5 lakh in a GPF account within a financial year.
Now, on 11 October 2022, the Department of Pension and Pensioners Welfare (DoPPW) has said the same thing in the Office Memorandum. The note states that as per the General Provident Fund (Central Service) Rules, 1960, the GPF in respect of a subscriber should not be less than 6 per cent of the total emoluments. However, there was no upper limit on this.
What is GPF?
GPF is a type of provident fund (PF) account, but it is not applicable to all employees. The benefit of GPF is available only to government employees. To get this benefit, government employees have to contribute a certain part of their salary to GPF. Contribution to GPF is mandatory for a certain category of government employees. The total amount made out of the contribution made by the employee to GPF during the employment period is paid to the employee at the time of retirement. The government does not contribute to GPF, only the contribution is made by the employee. The Ministry of Finance changes the interest rate of GPF every quarter.
Interest rate on
GPF Currently the interest on GPF is the same as that of PPF. The Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) has not changed the interest rates for the October to December quarter of 2022. At present it is 7.1 percent. The interest rates of other schemes such as CPF, AISPF, SRPF and AFPPF are also 7.1 per cent for this quarter.
