The first set of payroll data was released by the EPFO last month. The EPFO said that the data for most recent months are provisional as updating of employees records is a continuous process and are likely to be updated in subsequent months.
As per the data, about 60 percent of the payroll enrolment were recorded in the expert service segment across all age buckets or groups for March. The segments where enrolments were substantial included electric, mechanical or general engineering products followed by building and construction industry, trading & commercial establishments and textiles.
States which recorded major net enrolments across age buckets included Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat during the seven-month period till March this year, the data showed.
The EPFO also said that this is age-band wise data of all non-zero contributors that are registered under EPFO during a particular month and for each age-wise band, the estimates are net of the members enrolled and ceased during the month as per records of the EPFO.
Source: Indian Express