Employees' Provident Fund (Sri Lanka)

Employees' Provident Fund
Founded1 June 1958; 66 years ago (1958-06-01)
FounderT. B. Ilangaratne
Headquarters30, Janadhipathi Mawatha, Colombo 01.
RevenueIncrease Rs 222.44 billion (2018)[1]
Decrease Rs 210 billion (2018)
Decrease Rs 190.61 billion (2018)
AUMIncrease Rs 2,298.8 billion (2018)
Total assetsIncrease Rs 2,133 billion (2018)[2]
OwnerCentral Bank of Sri Lanka
ParentMinistry of Finance
Websiteepf.lk

The Employees' Provident Fund, abbreviated to EPF, is a social security scheme of employees in Sri Lanka under the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. It was established under Act No. 15 of 1958 by S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike,[3] and as of December 2010, it had Rs 899.6 billion, which is equivalent to 16% of the GDP.[4] The EPF offers a joint action plan by the employer and the employee to save money by targeting retirement and future to the government as well as the private sector. EPF invests in most Sri Lankan private companies such as Vallible One and Commercial Bank of Ceylon.

  1. ^ "Welcome to Employees' Provident Fund, Central Bank of Sri Lanka, EPF Sri Lanka". Employees' Provident Fund. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  2. ^ "Employees' Provident Fund AUM". www.epf.lk. EPF. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Employees' Provident Fund Division". Department of Labour, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Editorial - EPF money is sacred: Stop this gambling". Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 March 2016.