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It is clarified that Declaration Form can be accepted in case of UAN based claim form without attestation of the employer. Henceforth, the attestation of employers on the Declaration Form would not be required in case of UAN based Claim Form No. 31(UAN).
It has been decided that from now onwards (a.) it shall be mandatory on the part of Enforcement Officers, to report numbers of employer in respect of these security/manpower/facility management establishments with reference to each of principal employer/clients being served by these establishments
Instances of difficulties being faced by members on account of the instructions have been brought to notice particularly in respect of members who had ceased to be in employment before 01.2014 given the fact that initially UAN was allotted only to members who were subscribers during January, 2014 to June, 2014. There could also be other cases and instances where insisting on the requirement of UAN with the claim form may cause undue hardship to the claimant.
In the Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995, in paragraph II, in sub-paragraph (4), after the words on salary exceeding fifteen thousand rupees per month occurring at the end. the words and the pensionable salary for the existing members who prefer such fresh option shall he based on the higher salary, shall he inserted
Itis announced for general information that during the year 2016-2017, accumulations at the credit of subscribers to the Staff Provident Fund shall carry interest at the rate of 8.1% (Eight point one percent) per annum w.e.f. 01.04.2016 to 30.06.2016.
The UAN based claim Form – 10 – D – UAN have been introduced in respect of all employees whose AADHAR Number and Bank details have been seeded and have been duly verified by the employer using digital signature and the details in Form No. 11 New have been completed.
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 6A read with sub-section (1) of section 7 of the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (19 of 1952), the Central Government hereby makes the following Scheme further to amend the Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995, namely :-
The Inspection Scheme shall take into account the self-certified returns filed by MSMEs – provided the MSME are not more than 3 years old. Roughly 5% of MSME units shall be verified through a random risk based inspection system for compliance. Inspections allotted by Shram Suvidha portal shall ensure this.
Provided that if the member does not take up an employment coverable under this Scheme and has rendered less than ten years eligible service on the date of exit, but dies before attaining the age of fifty-eight years and before a continuous period of thirty-six months has elapsed during which contributions have not been received in respect of the member in the Pension Fund, the amount of contributions
The Hon’ble Prime Minister of India launched the Universal Account Number (UAN) for EPF members in October 2014 with a view to enable members to have continuity in their PF membership on every change in job and/or location. UAN has been issued to all members in respect of whom at least one contribution has been received since January 2014.
