EPFO has invested Rs 13,017 crore in exchange-traded

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EPFO has invested Rs 13,017 crore in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the April-July period of the current fiscal year.    Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) invested Rs 53,081 crore in ETFs in 2022-23, Rs 43,568 crore in 2021-22 and Rs 32,071 crore in 2020-21. The EPFO invests in equity markets through ETFs, replicating BSE Sensex and Nifty 50 indices. From time to time, EPFO has also invested in ETFs constructed specifically for a disinvesting shareholding of the Government of India in body corporates.   The total corpus of various funds managed by the EPFO as of March 31, 2022, was Rs 18.30 lakh crore, consisting of 91.30 per cent investment in debt investments (including Public Account of India) and 8.7 per cent in ETFs.