First hire

First-hire cost in India

Understand recurring employment cost together with registrations, payroll setup and first-hire obligations.

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Employer cost calculator

What does a hire in India actually cost?

Start with salary and a few basic hiring details. Ivvora converts USD to INR, applies local payroll rules, and converts the result back to USD.

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First-hire model

Recurring cost plus setup obligations

The calculator covers supported recurring employment costs. The structured sections below surface registrations and operational obligations separately so missing one-time fees are never invented.

Authorities

IN MOL

Name

Ministry of Labour & Employment

Role

Central labour policy, codes and rules

IN EPFO

Name

Employees' Provident Fund Organisation

Role

EPF, EPS, EDLI

IN ESIC

Name

Employees' State Insurance Corporation

Role

ESI

IN CBDT

Name

Central Board of Direct Taxes / Income Tax Department

Role

Income tax and TDS

IN STATE LABOUR

Name

State Labour Departments

Role

State Shops & Establishments, holidays, minimum wages, local labour rules

IN STATE PT

Name

State/local Professional Tax authorities

Role

Professional tax

IN LWF

Name

State Labour Welfare Boards

Role

Labour welfare fund

IN RBI

Name

Reserve Bank of India

Role

FEMA, banking and FX

IN MCA

Name

Ministry of Corporate Affairs

Role

Company and foreign-company registration

IN DPB

Name

Data Protection Board of India

Role

DPDP enforcement as provisions commence

IN TRIBUNALS

Name

Labour Courts / Industrial Tribunals

Role

Labour disputes

Mandatory benefits

IN EPF BENEFIT

Name

EPF/EPS/EDLI

Mandatory

conditional

Category

Social security

IN ESI BENEFIT

Name

ESI

Mandatory

conditional

Category

Health social insurance

IN GRATUITY BENEFIT

Name

Gratuity

Mandatory

conditional

Category

gratuity

IN BONUS BENEFIT

Name

Statutory bonus

Mandatory

conditional

Category

Statutory bonus

IN MATERNITY BENEFIT

Name

Maternity benefit

Mandatory

conditional

Category

maternity

IN WORK INJURY

Name

Employee compensation / work injury protection

Mandatory

conditional

Category

Occupational injury

IN PRIVATE MEDICAL

Name

Private medical insurance

Mandatory

Category

Market benefit

Notes

Not universally required for every employee merely because employed.

Registrations

IN PAN

Name

PAN

Authority

Income Tax Department

Required

Generally for employer entity tax

IN TAN

Name

TAN

Authority

Income Tax Department

Required

Where tax deduction or collection obligations apply

IN EPFO REG

Name

EPFO registration

Authority

EPFO

Required

When establishment within EPF coverage

IN ESIC REG

Name

ESIC registration

Authority

ESIC

Required

When establishment and employees within ESI coverage

IN PT REG

Name

Professional Tax registration

Authority

State or local

Required

State specific

IN LWF REG

Name

Labour Welfare Fund registration

Authority

State welfare board

Required

State specific

IN SE REG

Name

Shops & Establishments registration

Authority

State labour department

Required

State specific

IN FACTORY REG

Name

Factory/OSH registration

Authority

Labour or OSH authority

Required

If applicable

Registration

Workers 10 or more

registration

Fewer than 10

intimation

Registration

Workers 10 or more

S&E registration required

Data quality

What backs this page

Sources attached to the canonical country dataset

Known gaps still tracked rather than silently inferred

Planning information, not a legal conclusion

Ivvora preserves scenario-dependence, unresolved inputs and known research gaps. Results are for planning and comparison and do not replace legal, tax, accounting or employment advice.