NEW DELHI: Indian professionals working with their company’s affiliates in the UK or on an onsite assignment will be exempted from social security contributions for five years, instead of three years agreed earlier, on producing a certificate that they are contributing to EPFO here.

A new social security agreement between India and the UK, effective July 15, will benefit 90-95% of Indian professionals working for Indian companies in Britain. This pact exempts…

Thousands of Indian professionals working in Britain through Indian employers will stop paying dual social security contributions from July 15, with officials estimating that…