New Delhi: Prime minister, Manmohan Singh yesterday
said that the government would look into the issue of
raising the interest rate payable on employees provident
fund (EPF) deposits.
Singh
told press persons, "We have always said we will
look into the matter but I cannot make any commitment
because parliament is in session."
CPI
MP and All-India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) president,
Gurudas Dasgupta, however said that the prime minister
had agreed to increase the interest rate of EPF deposits
for the current fiscal from 8.5 per cent to 9.5 per cent.
An
AITUC delegation had yesterday met the prime minister.
After the
meeting, Dasgupta had said that as far as his understanding
goes, the prime minister had agreed to increase the interest
rate from 8.5 per cent to 9.5 per cent.
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