Regional PF Commissioner holds awareness, outreach programme under “Nidhi Aapke Nikat 2.0”
STATE TIMES NEWS
UDHAMPUR: Employees’ Provident Fund Organization, Jammu conducted an awareness program of Nidhi Aapke Nikat 2.0 in the presence of Rizwan Uddin, Regional Provident Fund Commissioner-I, along with District Nodal Officer Devinder Singh, Enforcement Officer, Harshit Pathak at Hotel Trinetar, Patnitop.
The representatives of Employers who were present in the programme were Rohit Gupta (Nodal Officer), Hotel Trinetar, Darshan Lal (Manager), Hotel Oasis, R S Katoch (Manager), Hotel Samson, Suresh Sharma (Manager), Hotel Subash Palace and others. Sandeep Kumar, SS (Ladakh) conducted similar programme at Director, National Institute Leh, ladakh.
While speaking on the occasion, Rizwan Uddin, apprised the stakeholders about various initiatives undertaken by EPFO under Nidhi Aapke Nikat 2.0 such as E-Nomination, UAN Activation, KYC Updation, Bank, Aadhar Seeding, Online ECR Filling, Salient Features of Employees Deposit Linked Insurance (EDLI) Scheme, 1976, Employees’ Pension Scheme 1995 benefits for the Registered Employees and other benefits.
The handholding session was also provided to the employers for registration of DSC/E-Sign, filing of ECR challans etc.
Another issue was that it was told that employees don’t want to enroll themselves in the schemes by EPFO since many of the workers work for only 5 to 6 months.
However, during the address by Rizwan Uddin, on Salient Features of Employees Deposit Linked Insurance (EDLI) Scheme, 1976, Employees’ Pension Scheme 1995, the miscommunication was removed and all the stakeholders agreed and wanted to be a part of EPFO.
During the course of discussions, the members present raised numbers of issues pertaining to the EPFO Office and on spot directions has been given by Rizwan Uddin to resolve the issue on priority basis. Employers were also educated on how to access the Principal Employer Portal to check sub-contractor compliance and benefits of e- nomination.
Apart from this, grievances were redressed and members got PF related guidance, how and when to withdraw their PF, under which para they should apply.
The workshop lasted for more than one hour, where P. F. Commissioner Rizwan Uddin heard the issues being faced by the establishments and employees. A hand holding and interactive session continued for another hour in which various stakeholders went live and learnt how to deal with the problems faced by them.
Services and benefits of “Social Security”-Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995 and enhanced quantum (up to Rupees Seven Lakhs) of Employees’ Deposit Linked Insurance Schemes, 1976 are being rendered to employees of Union territory of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh with effect from November 2019 onwards. The features of these schemes were discussed in detail at the Nidhi Aapke Nikat programme.
The programme was also held at The Director, Institute of Sowa Rigpa Leh, Ladakh by Sandeep Kumar, SS where representatives of establishments and employees were present in the program.
