EPFO’s one-time Employees’ Enrolment Campaign 2026
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The EPFO has urged employers to use the Employees’ Enrolment Campaign 2026, notified from 29 June 2026. It is a one-time chance to enrol eligible employees who stayed outside EPF coverage between 1 April 2009 and 31 March 2026. The campaign is open until 31 October 2026 and waives the employee’s share where it was not deducted.
- Notified
- with effect from 29 June 2026
- Closes
- 31 October 2026
- Covers
- employees left out during 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2026
- Relief
- waiver of employee’s share not deducted earlier
- UAN
- Face Authentication-based, via UMANG App
- Payment
- Electronic Challan-cum-Return (ECR)
EPFO’s Employees’ Enrolment Campaign 2026: what happened?
Many workers spend years in a job without being enrolled in the provident fund. They lose savings, pension and insurance. EEC 2026 lets employers fix this voluntarily, without the full burden of past dues.
- Employers can declare and enrol eligible employees who are alive and still employed on the date of declaration.
- The employee’s share is waived where it was not deducted earlier, subject to conditions.
- Each declared employee needs a Face Authentication-based UAN through the UMANG App.
- EPFO is running awareness drives with ministries, states, PSUs and other bodies.
What does a worker gain?
- Provident fund, pension and insurance benefits under EPF.
- Entry into the statutory social security framework.
Why does EPFO’s Employees’ Enrolment Campaign 2026 matter?
- Social security: Brings left-out workers into EPF.
- Compliance: Voluntary route for employers to regularise past lapses.
What can Prelims ask on EPFO’s Employees’ Enrolment Campaign 2026?
- EEC 2026: from 29 June to 31 October 2026.
- Covers non-enrolment during 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2026.
- UAN via Face Authentication on UMANG.
How to use this in Mains
- As per PIB (2026-08-22): EPFO urged employers to use EEC 2026 (from 29 Jun 2026), a one-time chance to enrol eligible employees left out of EPF during 1 Apr 2009–31 Mar 2026.
- The campaign brings left-out workers into EPF.
Quotable data pointEPFO urged employers to use EEC 2026 (from 29 Jun 2026), a one-time chance to enrol eligible employees left out of EPF during 1 Apr 2009–31 Mar 2026.
PIB: Labour: Employees' Enrolment Campaign 2026, 22 Aug 2026
Exam angle
Prelims: EPFO basics.
Practice MCQs
Original practice questions (not PYQs).
Under EPFO's Employees' Enrolment Campaign 2026, the UAN for declared employees is generated through
Answer (b) & explanation
PIB (Labour), 22 Aug 2026.
Questions students ask about this
What is the Employees' Enrolment Campaign 2026?
A one-time EPFO scheme letting employers enrol eligible employees who were left out of EPF between 1 April 2009 and 31 March 2026.
Till when is it open?
Until 31 October 2026.
Does the employer have to pay the employee's past share?
The employee's share is waived where it was not deducted earlier, subject to the campaign's conditions.
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Official source: PIB: Labour: Employees' Enrolment Campaign 2026, 22 Aug 2026
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