# New women employees can make an EPF contribution of 8% instead of 12% **URL:** \ **Category:** Statutory Compliance\ **Tags:** pf, hr, epfo\ **Created:** [November 15, 2021, 5:14am UTC](https://community.greythr.com/t/new-women-employees-can-make-an-epf-contribution-of-8-instead-of-12/3569 "2021-11-15T05:14:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Prabha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Prabha](https://community.greythr.com/u/Prabha)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 5:14am UTC](https://community.greythr.com/t/new-women-employees-can-make-an-epf-contribution-of-8-instead-of-12/3569/1 "2021-11-15T05:14:10Z")
Hi, **New women employees can make an EPF contribution of 8% instead of 12%**. What are the details? Is it still valid? ---
**Author:** ![Bhuvana\_Anand](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/community.greythr.com/bhuvana_anand/32/4444_2.png) [@Bhuvana\_Anand](https://community.greythr.com/u/Bhuvana_Anand)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 12:00pm UTC](https://community.greythr.com/t/new-women-employees-can-make-an-epf-contribution-of-8-instead-of-12/3569/2 "2021-11-16T12:00:55Z")
Hi Prabha, In order to encourage more employment of women, and to support higher take-home salary, this was introduced in the year 2018-19 union budget which provided that new women employees can make an EPF contribution of 8% instead of 12%. However, this privilege is only for the first three years of employment. Though a woman employee contributes 8% towards EPF, the employer has to maintain its EPF contribution at 12%. Regards, Bhuvana Anand ---
**Author:** ![payofkoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@payofkoc](https://community.greythr.com/u/payofkoc)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 7:52am UTC](https://community.greythr.com/t/new-women-employees-can-make-an-epf-contribution-of-8-instead-of-12/3569/3 "2022-08-13T07:52:48Z")
Hi Bhuvana, Can women employees’ still avail this facility??? **Thanks** **Anand C** **PAYOF** **Kochi** ---
**Author:** ![Bhuvana\_Anand](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/community.greythr.com/bhuvana_anand/32/4444_2.png) [@Bhuvana\_Anand](https://community.greythr.com/u/Bhuvana_Anand)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 11:12am UTC](https://community.greythr.com/t/new-women-employees-can-make-an-epf-contribution-of-8-instead-of-12/3569/4 "2022-08-16T11:12:16Z")
Hi Anand Christopher, Though there is no further updates on this, the scheme under Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (ABRY) facilitates some benefits. This scheme was extended till 31 March 2022. > **[Aatmanirbhar Wage Subsidy Scheme extended till 31 March 2022](https://www.greythr.com/notifications/aatmanirbhar-wage-subsidy-scheme-via-epfo-extended-till-31-march-2022/)** > > Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana has been extended till 31 March 2022 to encourage new employment and restoration of employment loss through EPFO. [https://www.epfindia.gov.in/site\_docs/PDFs/Abry/FAQ\_ABRY.pdf](https://www.epfindia.gov.in/site_docs/PDFs/Abry/FAQ_ABRY.pdf) Regards, Bhuvana Anand ---
**Author:** ![payofkoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@payofkoc](https://community.greythr.com/u/payofkoc)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 5:58am UTC](https://community.greythr.com/t/new-women-employees-can-make-an-epf-contribution-of-8-instead-of-12/3569/5 "2022-08-17T05:58:02Z")
Thanks for the update Bhuvana. However, ABRY had a lot of disadvantages also… Like, you had to maintain the additional number of employees added, throughout the entire period, if not we will be out of the scheme and things like that. For ex. If we added 5 people in the beginning of the scheme, we should maintain that 5 number throughout the scheme, if anybody resigns/leaves, we will have to replace the employee w.e.f or else, if we do not maintain that count, we will not be eligible for the scheme from the next month onwards…