**Executive Summary**
The Ministry of Labour and Employment issued this corrigenda on August 4, 2026, to rectify various typographical, grammatical, and nomenclature errors in the Employees’ Provident Funds Scheme, 2026. These amendments apply to the original scheme published on June 29, 2026, under G.S.R. 525(E). The corrections ensure legal and administrative clarity across the document, ranging from specific definitions to technical financial terms.
**Key Points / Main Content**
**Nomenclature and Grammatical Corrections**
* Standardizes the use of plural terms, such as changing "trustee" to "trustees" and "Fund" to "Funds."
* Corrects possessive punctuation for "Employees’" and updates "Provident &" to "Provident Funds and."
* Updates "Aadhar seeded" to the hyphenated "Aadhar-seeded" and "charges" to "charges and fee."
**Definitions and Scope Clarifications**
* Refines the definition of "employee" to "employee other than the International Worker" on specific pages.
* Clarifies "excluded" as "who is an excluded" and specifies "family members or nominee" instead of just "members" in certain contexts.
* Distinguishes specific losses as "scrip wise losses of principal and interest" rather than general "principal or interest losses."
**Regulatory and Legal References**
* Updates the reference for the "Provident Fund Act, 1925" to include its citation "(19 of 1925)."
* Specifically cites the "Code on Wages, 2019" where "Code" was previously mentioned.
* Corrects references to specific internal campaigns and paragraphs, such as "Vishwas 2026" and "Employees’ Enrolment Campaign, 2026."
**Technical and Financial Specifications**
* Amends technical identifiers in Form-II, correcting "Basellll" to "Basel III," "CMB5" to "CMBS," and "Unite" to "Unit."
* Changes the "Interest Suspense Account" nomenclature to "Interest Account."
* Updates a significant date reference from "1st day of July 2009" to "1st day of April 2009."
**Internal Cross-References and Numbering**
* Provides a comprehensive list of corrected sub-paragraph and item numbering (e.g., changing "(v)" to "(5)", "(xi)" to "(11)", etc.).
* Corrects internal paragraph citations, such as changing "paragraph 54" to "paragraph 55."
**Impact Analysis**
**Ministry of Labour and Employment / EPFO**
**Impact**
The issuing body is responsible for the legal integrity of the Provident Funds Scheme. These corrections prevent potential legal ambiguities or administrative errors in the implementation of the 2026 Scheme.
**Action Required**
Update all official digital and physical copies of the Employees’ Provident Funds Scheme, 2026, to reflect these textual changes.
**Employers and Establishments**
**Impact**
Establishments must ensure their compliance frameworks and payroll systems use the correct legal terminology and citations.
**Action Required**
Review internal documentation and compliance filing procedures to ensure they align with the corrected terms, particularly regarding "International Workers," "exempted provident funds," and the "Code on Wages, 2019."
**Financial Institutions and Trustees**
**Impact**
Trustees and banks dealing with securities and interest accounts are affected by the standardized nomenclature and corrected technical identifiers.
**Action Required**
Ensure that financial reporting and security classifications (such as Basel III or CMBS references in Form-II) are updated to match the corrected gazette text.
Key Entities Referenced
Employees’ Provident Funds Scheme, 2026: The primary social security scheme being corrected by this notification, governing employee retirement benefits.
Ministry of Labour and Employment: The issuing authority responsible for the regulation and administration of labor-related schemes and laws.
Code on Wages, 2019: A comprehensive labor law act referenced within the scheme to define legal standards for employee compensation.
Employees’ Provident Funds Scheme, 1952: The predecessor provident fund scheme referenced for continuity and membership transitions.
Vishwas 2026: A specific initiative or program mentioned in the context of scheme enrollment and compliance.
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भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण्ड (i)
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
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स.ं 639] नई दिल्ली, मगं लवार, अगस्ट्त 4, 2026/श्रावण 13, 1948
No. 639] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2026/SHRAVAN 13, 1948
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
CORRIGENDA
New Delhi, the 4th August, 2026
G.S.R. 703(E).— In the Employees’ Provident Funds Scheme, 2026, published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary Part II, Section 3, sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 525(E), dated the 29th June, 2026, Issue No. 473,—
1. in page 66,−
(i) line 24, for “trustee”, read “trustees”.
(ii) line 32, for ‘employee’, read “employee other than the International Worker”.
2. in page 67,-
(i) line 27, for “Provident &” read “Provident Funds and”.
(ii) line 28, for “Employees”, read “ Employees’ ”.
3. in page 68,-
(i) line 9, for “of” read “to”.
(ii) line 18, for “Provident Fund Act, 1925” read “Provident Fund Act, 1925 (19 of 1925)”.
(iii) line 20, for “Fund” read “Funds”.
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4. in page 69,−
(i) line 10, for ‘member of the Employees’ Provident Fund Scheme, 1952’, read ‘member or was required to
be a member of the Employees’ Provident Funds Scheme, 1952’’.
(ii) line 10, for ‘Fund’, read ‘Funds’.
(iii) line 14, for "excluded", read "who is an excluded".
(iv) line 16, for “In case of an International Worker, an” read “An”.
(v) line 37, for “Employees Provident Fund” read “Employees’ Provident Funds”.
5. in page 70,−
line 7, for “Fund” read “Funds”.
6. in page 71,−
line 17, for “Fund” read “exempted provident fund”.
(7) in page 72,-
i) line 34, for “principal or interest losses” read “scrip wise losses of principal and interest”.
(ii) line 39, for “forumand” read “forum and”.
(iii) line 49, for “exemption”, read “exemption under Rule 65”.
8. in page 76,−
(i) line 1, for “member”, read “member other than international workers”.
(ii) line 3, for “sub-Paragraph (4) of paragraph (9)”, read “sub-Paragraph (4) and (6) of paragraph 9”.
(iii) line 4, for “employers and employee’s contribution” read “the employer’s contribution and the employees’
contribution”.
(iv) line 22, for “Code”, read “Code on Wages, 2019”.
9. in page 78,-
(i) line 8, for “less than” read “upto”
(ii) line 25, for “(iii) read “(3)”
(iii) line 27, for “(iv) read “(4)”
10. in page 79,−
(i) line 1, for “(v)” read “ (5)”
(ii) line 4, for “ (vi)” read “ (6)”
(iii) line 9, for “(vii)” read “(7)”
(iv) line 12, for “ (viii)” read “ (8)”
(v) line 14, for “(ix)” read “(9)”
(vi) line 18, for “(x)” read “(10)”
(vii) line 22, for “(xi)” read “(11)”
(viii) line 27, for “(xii)” read “(12)”
(ix) lines 33, for “(3)” read “(13)”
11. in page 80,−
(i) line 3, for “(4)” read “(14)”
(ii) line 9, for “Aadhar seeded” read “Aadhar-seeded”.
(iii) line 10, for “account”, read “Account”.
(iv) line 16, for “Fund” read “Funds”.
12. in page 82, −
line 19, for “charges” read “charges and fee”.[भाग II—खण् ड 3(i)] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 3
13. in page 85, −
(i) line 9, for “Fund” read “Funds”.
(ii) line 23, for “Interest Suspense Account” read “Interest Account”.
(iii) line 28, for “paragraph 54” read “paragraph 55”.
14. in page 86, −
line 25, for “Fund” read “Funds”.
15. in page 87, −
(i) line 14, for “Fund” read “Funds”.
(ii) line 20, for “Fund” read “Funds”.
16. in page 92, −
line 33, for “members”, read “family members or nominee, as the case may be”.
17. in page 96,−
line 11, for “givento,”, read “given to”.
18. in page 97,−
(i) line 2, omit “see Paragraph 60”.
(ii) line 14, for “Fund” read “Funds”.
(iii) line 17, for “ Employees” ” read “ Employees’ ”.
19. in page 99,−
Line 20, for “1st day of July 2009”, read “ 1st day of April 2009”.
20. in page 100,−
line 1, for “Fund” read “Funds”.
21. in page 104,−
(i) line 16, for “sub-paragraph 8” read “sub-paragraph (7)”.
(ii) line 22, for “paragraph” read “Vishwas 2026”.
(iii) line 24, for “paragraph” read “Employees’ Enrolment Campaign, 2026”.
22. in page 105,−
(i) line 5, for “Employees Provident Fund” read “Employees’ Provident Funds”.
(ii) line 8, for “Employees Provident Fund” read “Employees’ Provident Funds”
23. in page 107,−
line 5, for “date” read “data”.
24. in page 113,−
at Serial No. 17, under column titled “Types of securities including ISIN etc.” in Form-II, for “Basellll” read
“Basel III”.
25. in page 114,−
(i) at Serial No. 30, under column titled “Types of securities including ISIN etc” in Form-II, for “CMB5” read
“CMBS”.
(ii) at Serial No. 31, under column titled “Types of securities including ISIN etc” in Form-II, for “Unite”
read “Unit”.
[F. No. S-35025/04/2026-SS-II]
TEJASWI S. NAIK, Jt. Secy.
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