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🇮🇳New Labour Code (Nov 2025) · 50% basic wage rule

New Labour Code Impact on 12 LPA Salary

Pre-filled for 12 LPA CTC. Adjust sliders to match your exact salary structure.

Annual CTC
₹2 L₹1 Cr
Current Basic % of CTC
%
10%⬆ 50% minimum under new rule70%

⚠ Your basic (40%) is below the 50% minimum under new Labour Code. Employer must raise basic to 50,000 /mo.

City Type

Metro = Delhi / Mumbai / Chennai / Kolkata

Take-Home Change

-₹2,400/mo

Lower take-home — money goes to PF

ComponentOldNew Code
Basic /mo₹40,000₹50,000
Employee PF₹4,800₹6,000
Employer PF₹4,800₹6,000
Gratuity /mo₹1,923₹2,404
In-Hand /mo₹90,200₹87,800

Annual Impact

PF saved extra

₹28.8K/yr

Extra gratuity

₹5.8K/yr

New Labour Code Impact at 12 LPA — 2025

Under the New Labour Code, basic salary must be at least 50% of CTC. At 12 LPA, this means a minimum basic of ₹50,000/month. If your current basic is below this threshold, your employer must restructure your salary components — typically by reducing allowances like HRA, conveyance, or special allowance to accommodate the higher basic.

How This Changes Your PF

Higher basic means higher EPF contribution. At 50% basic on 12 LPA, your employee PF contribution rises to ₹6,000/month vs the current ₹4,800/month (typical 40% basic structure) — a difference of ₹1,200/month in take-home. Annually, that is ₹14,400 less in hand but more in your EPF corpus, which earns 8.25% tax-free interest.

Gratuity Impact

Gratuity is calculated on basic + DA. With higher basic under the new code, your gratuity entitlement after 5 years increases proportionally. At ₹50,000/month basic, the gratuity after 5 years is approximately ₹1,44,231 (formula: 15 days × years / 26). The new code also extends gratuity eligibility to fixed-term contract employees after just 1 year of service.

Tax Context at 12 LPA

Old regime only beats new regime if you claim HRA, 80C (₹1.5L), NPS (₹50K), and 80D together. With higher PF deductions reducing take-home, optimising your tax regime becomes more important — every rupee saved in tax offsets the reduced in-hand from the higher PF contribution.

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