EPFO targets companies giving low PF to international workers

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The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is cracking down on companies that are making provident fund contributions for international workers, including OCIs (Overseas Citizens of India), on their rolls on the basis of the basic salary. Some say this could be an effort to pressurise the US and UK to sign the long-pending totalisation agreement.