STATE TIMES NEWS
UDHAMPUR: A day long workshop cum training programme on the benefits of Employees provident fund (EPF) scheme was organized on Saturday by Employees Provident Fund Office, Jammu under the supervision of Regional Employees Provident Fund Commissioner, J&K and Ladakh, Rizwan Uddin at Conference Hall DC Office Complex Udhampur.
As many as 100 officers/officials of different departments including other stakeholders attended the meeting. Representatives of Provident Fund Office, Jammu briefed the participants about the benefits of EPF scheme. He informed that after abrogation of 370 all the EPF related acts are applicable in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. He apprised the participants about the Pension Scheme 1995 (EPS-95) as well as Employees Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme (EDLI) and their benefits.
During the training programme, he informed the participants about the salient features of employees deposit linked insurance scheme 1976. Under this scheme maximum assured benefit up to Rs.7 lakh is paid to the nominee or legal heir of an EPF member, if death occurs while in service, he added.
Later in the evening, PF Commissioner, Rizwan Uddin, briefed media on the salient features of Employees’ Provident Fund Scheme, Employees’ Pension Scheme 1995 (EPS-95) as well as Employees’ Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme (EDLI), with special emphasis on Pension and Insurance Schemes, as these schemes have driven home for the people who work in risky zones.
He urged the officers and other stakeholders to deposit the EPF of organized workers so that the workers may get these benefits. Officers/stakeholders were asked to comply with the provision of EPF and MP Act 1952. He asked the participants to sensitize the organized workers in their respective departments so that eligible workers can avail the benefits of EPF scheme. He urged the organized workers to come forward and to avail the benefits of these PF schemes. EPFO Regional Office, Jammu is always committed in providing prompt service delivery to all the stakeholders in a transparent, accessible, and convenient manner.