Confused About NCP Days: Should They Be Based on Working Days or Total Month Days?

Dear All, Please help. I have some queries about the NCP days calculation. Do NCP days get calculated based on working days in the month or the total days in a month? For example, if a month has 31 days and there are 5 weekly offs, then the number of working days would be 26. If someone works 25 days in that month, how many NCP days would that be considered: 1 day according to working days or 6 days according to month days? Please help.

NCP - Non-Contributing Period

NCP days are those days for which PF contributions are not made. Please help to calculate these days.

Days for which wages/contributions were not paid are counted as NCP.

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Loss of Pay (LOP) Days and Non-Contributory Pay (NCP)

Loss of Pay (LOP) days are considered as Non-Contributory Pay (NCP) when uploading EPF contributions in the EPFO online portal. Therefore, it does not matter whether it is a weekly off or a working day.