EPFO urges employers to avail of Employee Enrolment Scheme
A nationwide awareness campaign has been initiated to inform employers about the benefits and provisions of the scheme.
A nationwide awareness campaign has been initiated to inform employers about the benefits and provisions of the scheme.
Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale Wednesday, in an X post, had described the EPF withdrawal changes as "theft of salaried people's money" while terming the decisions as "shocking and ridiculous".
However, this relaxation applies strictly to one-time payments, and employers must continue using the digital mode for all future remittances.
Rajya Sabha member Ritabrata Banerjee, who also serves as the state president of the INTTUC-backed Trinamul Cha Bagan Shramik Union (TCBSU), has announced plans to address the deprivation of Provident Fund (PF) benefits for tea plantation workers in Parliament.
A total of 986,850 people subscribed to employee provident fund during the month of August, an 11 per cent decline in comparison to the previous month, data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on Tuesday showed.
EPFO, which comes under the Ministry of Labour and Employment, has settled a total of 12.91 lakh claims which includes 7.40 lakhs COVID-19 claims under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) package.
The levels of employment are from various sources, there are elements of overlap and the estimates are not additive, the Ministry said.
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