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•• Employees’ Provident Fund – •• All employees with wages upto Rs 15,000 required to join the Fund. •• Accumulations payable on retirement, resignation, death. •• Partial withdrawals permitted for financing life insurance policies; Acquiring house or site; Marriage of self or dependents; Education of children; Treatment of illness etc.
EPFO is in the process of development and implementation of next version of UAN, whereby the Universal Account Number of an EPF member is to be obtained/linked with present employment by the employer before filing the ECR.
Please find enclosed herewith a copy of order dated 11-03-2016 delivery by Honble High Court of Kerala in WP(c) No. 7905/2011 filed by Builders Association of India, Madurai Centre V/S Union of India, CPFC & RPFC, Madurai.
The existing members as on the 1st day of September, 2014, who at the option of the employer and employee, had been contributing on salary exceeding six thousand and five hundred rupees per month, may on a fresh option to be exercised jointly by the employer and employee continue to contribute on salary exceeding fifteen thousand rupees per month
In this regard, I am directed to inform that the President, Central Staff Welfare Committee/Central P. F. Commissioner has decided on 21.09.2016 that the Death Relief fund will be given in all cases of death while in service at the rate applicable to cases of unnatural death.
Introduction of Declaration Form [New Form No. 11] in place of the existing Form No. 11 (New) is ordered with immediate effect. The Declaration Form [Nee Form No. 11] will also replace Form No. 13 in all such cases where existing member of the Provident Fund makes a request for transfer of his fund availing the facility of Universal Account Number (UAN).
It has been decided that in case of duplicate UANs issued to one EPF member as mentioned above, the following solutions are detailed below: • The members should be advised to apply for P.F. transfer from previous EPF account to the present EPF account.
With the implementation of internet banking, the date of debit from the employer’s account may be taken as date of payment for the purpose of levy of damages by way of penalty. Other issues e.g. delay in credit in EPFO’s accounts or delay in transfer of funds for investment by banks may be dealt in accordance with banking agreements with different banks.
PF settlement amount forwarded to the member’s Jandhan Bank A/c were being rejected by the bank for the reason that Jandhan Bank A/c has got a credit limit of Rs. 1,00,000/- and no transaction, debit credit beyond that limit is allowed in this account. The matter was taken up with Ministry of finance to relax the conditions imposed on the bank accounts opened in Pradhan Mantri Jandhan Yojna (PMJDY)’
Funds lying with a private Provident Fund Trust where the establishment which was granted exemption/ relaxation, but is lying closed since long and the Trust is running illegally cannot be said to be safe and in the interests of the employees.
