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Article tries to explain applicability, contribution rates, various methods for calculation of contribution, types of provident fund, taxability of contribution to various funds and so on.
This is regarding Employees’ Enrolment Campaign, 2017 during period 01.01.2017 to 31.03.2017, in order to extend social security benefits to all eligible workers in country.
All employees registered with ESIC but not covered with EPFO must be brought under the coverage of EPFO as per due procedure.
The date of submission of life certificate by pensioners under Employees’ Pension Scheme 1995 was extended upto 15.01.2017 vide Head Office letter no.Pension- 1/17( 1)2016/jeevan Praman / 22 750 dated 28.11.2016.
Technical Facilitation Centre called Technical Suvidha Centres under the monitoring of respective Ancilliary NOCs (ANOC) have also been set up.
Grace period of 5 days is allowed for the employers to deposit EPF contribution and other dues for the month of December, 2016 by 20th January, 2017.
Employees’ Provident Funds (Amendment) Scheme, 2017.- In paragraph 38, in sub-paragraph (1), after the words and letters or through Pay Gov platform, the words or through scheduled banks in India including private sector banks shall be inserted
Employees’ Enrolment Campaign, 2017 is a Campaign to provide opportunity to the employers to voluntarily come forward and declare details of all such employees who were entitled for PF membership between 01.04.2009 to 31.12.2016 but could not be enrolled for any reason. The Campaign aims to extend PF benefits to employees hitherto deprived of PF benefits.
Form of declaration to be furnished by the employer in respect of membership of the employees who were required or entitled to become members of the fund on or after the 1st day of April, 2009 but before the 1st day of January, 2017 but were not enrolled as members for any reason under the Employees Enrolment Campaign,2017.
Central Board decided to recommend 8.65% interest to its subscribers for the year 2016-17. Roughly 17 crore subscribers’ accounts will be updated with this interest rate upon acceptance by the Government.
