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Gandhinagar's EPF & ESIC Consultant: NWC 2025 Compliance for GIFT City, IT/ITES SEZs, and Kalol Electronics | EPFDesk

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The IT, Electronics, and Government Services Compliance Hub (GIFT City)

EPFDesk offers EPF and ESIC compliance in Gandhinagar, specializing in NWC 2025 structuring for GIFT City firms and the IT/ITES sector. Expert advisory on fixed-term employment, high-CTC payroll compliance, and statutory benefits management.

GIFT City & IT SEZs: EPF & ESIC in Gandhinagar

Gandhinagar's compliance needs are driven by the new age of corporate and financial services. The focus is on implementing the NWC/2025 'Wages' definition for high-salary structures and managing new statutory worker categories.

High-CTC NWC Compliance

IT and GIFT City firms use flexible CTC models. The NWC 50% rule can significantly increase the employer's EPF burden for high-salary employees if allowances were previously too high.

Fixed-Term and Gig Worker Coverage

The NWC mandates EPF/ESIC coverage for fixed-term workers, a common practice in the IT/ITES sector, requiring changes to contract templates and HR policies.

Hyper-Local EPF & ESIC Strategy for Gandhinagar

GIFT City & SEZs

GIFT City and the surrounding IT/ITES SEZs — home to financial services, fintech firms, global capability centers (GCCs), and multinational technology operations — face a significant compliance challenge under the NWC 50% rule. For high-CTC employees already above the ESIC threshold, mandatory PF contributions increase sharply, requiring sensitive salary restructuring, negotiation, and communication. A high-value payroll audit is essential for GIFT City MNCs to redesign compensation structures legally and efficiently, ensuring NWC compliance without creating disproportionate financial impact on employees.

Kalol GIDC

Kalol GIDC — home to major textile units (such as Arvind Mills and Sintex), chemical manufacturing, and electronics industries — relies heavily on traditional wage structures that are now misaligned with the NWC framework. Older and large-scale units face significant EPFO exposure due to non-compliant basic-to-allowance ratios, making a complete payroll overhaul unavoidable. A mass payroll transition project is essential to move thousands of employees in Kalol’s manufacturing ecosystem to an NWC-compliant wage model before the 2025 enforcement deadline, ensuring statutory protection and minimizing retrospective liability.

IT/ITES Clusters(Infocity, TCS Garima Park)

The IT/ITES clusters in Gandhinagar—covering Infocity, TCS Garima Park, software development centers, IT consulting firms, and BPOs—face growing compliance obligations under the NWC framework. Fixed-term employees must now receive correctly calculated EPF and ESIC benefits, placing liability on employers who historically used flexible or project-based contracts. A dedicated fixed-term employment policy advisory is essential to help IT firms draft NWC-compliant contracts, ensure accurate PF/ESI coverage, and guarantee statutory Gratuity entitlement for fixed-term workers.