Over 7000 employees of Air India will now be provided social security coverage under the Employees Provident Fund Organistaion, effective from December 1, 2021.
“Air India Ltd applied for voluntarily covered u/s 1(4) of the EPF & MP Act 1952 which has been allowed vide gazette notification dated January 13, 2022 with effect from December 1, 2021,” the labour ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
