Provisional payroll data of EPFO, released on Monday, shows 1.72 million net new jobs were created in September compared to 1.69 million added in August this year or 1.68 million added during the same month last year.
The data reveals that 3,491 establishments have extended social security coverage of EPFO to their employees by remitting their first ECR during the month.
The EPFO has already extended the deadline twice, once from March 3, 2023 to May 3, 2023. Later, the deadline was extended from May 3, 2023, to June 26, 2023.