ET Year-end Special Reads
From April and October, the number of new NPS and EPF subscribers declined by 41.3% and 23.2%, respectively. Meanwhile, ESIC recorded a 5.3% increase in new registrations.
A gender-wise analysis shows that while the number of new male NPS subscribers increased by 20.1% in October compared to September, female NPS subscriptions fell by 5.8% in the same period.
For EPF and ESIC, the decline in new subscriptions was higher among men than women.
The number of new male EPF subscribers decreased by 26.1% in October from the month before, compared to 18.4% decline for females in the same period. Similarly, male ESIC subscriptions declined by 15.4%, while female subscriptions fell by 10.3%. -Our Bureau