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Government of Tamil Nadu
Industries Commissioner and Director of Industries and Commerce

Payroll Subsidy

You can reduce business expenditure on Employee Provident Fund (EPF), if you have employed more than 20 members

Objective
  • To assist MSMEs reduce their employee costs.
Key Benefits
  • Employer’s EPF contribution subsidy for first three years, up to INR 24,000 per employee annually.
  • Subsidy applicable only if the unit employs more than 20 persons.
  • If employee strength falls below 20, subsidy limited to months with required employment.
  • Only regular workers are considered; casual, temporary, or contract workers excluded.
  • Statutory returns under EPF Act, 1952 serve as evidence for employment.
Eligibility Criteria
  • Applicant must be a new micro manufacturing enterprise.
  • Alternatively, applicant can be a new small/medium manufacturing enterprise in industrially backward blocks.
  • Alternatively, applicant can be a new small/medium agro-based or food processing enterprise.
  • Applicant must be located in one of the 388 blocks of the state.
  • Application must be filed within 3 months after the financial year completion.
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