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Subject: Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme of Ministry of Labour & Employment
Dear Members,
We are pleased to share that FHRAI attended one meeting on Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme of Ministry of Labour & Employment on 15th October 2025. The meeting, organised by the Ministry of Tourism, was focussed on highlighting the benefits of the scheme to the employees and employers and also spread awareness among our members.
As announced in this year's union budget, the ELI scheme has a Budgetary outlay of Rs 99,446 Crores and has come into force from 1 August 2025. The scheme is based on fresh enrolments in EPFO and intends to incentivize additional employment, formalisation of workforce and enhance social security coverage of workers.
Highlights of the scheme:
- Government will provide one month’s EPF wage (maximum Rs. 15,000) to employees (with salary/gross wage upto Rs. 1 lakh per month) registering for the first time in EPFO as an additional incentive.
- Government will also provide incentives up to Rs. 3,000/month to the employer for 2 years.
For further details of the scheme, please find attached the presentation shared by the Ministry of Labour & Employment.
We strongly encourage our members to participate in this scheme and avail the benefits.
With best regards,
Jaison Chacko
Secretary General
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