India Employer Forum

Reimagining the Social Security System in India

  • By: India Employer Forum
  • Date: 02 April 2025

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Social security is indispensable in today’s world of work, where we need safety nets that cater to the uncertainties arising from financial emergencies, layoffs and aging.  While India does have a social security framework in place with the inclusion of entities such as ESIC and EPFO, it is ridden with inefficiencies and falls short of reaching out to India’s increasingly diverse worker population.

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