Earlier, an employer needs to contribute 12% of the employee’s salary in the EPF account. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the contribution rates have been reduced to 10% from May 2020. Moreover, 8.33% of the contribution is still deposited into the Employees' Pension Scheme (EPS). However, the amount for the EDLI account is reduced to 1.67% from 3.67%.