EPFO Clarification on Special Provision in respect of International Workers -Exemption granted under the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement between India and Singapore

EPFO has reviewed the Special Provision in respect of International Workers and has clarified that no PF/ EPS is to be deducted from salaries of Singapore citizens who are working purely as temporary workers in India (i.e. the Singapore Citizens those who do not hold the status of permanent resident in India shall be treated as Excluded Employee), in terms of the stipulations laid down in Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA 2005) between India and Singapore.

Download Circular No IWU/7(14)2008/Singapore/20803 Dated 14.03.2017