Budgam, Sep 28: Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) J&K and Ladakh in collaboration with District Administration, Budgam Wednesday conducted an awareness programme on employees provident fund Act 1952 and schemes framed thereunder, registration process and insurance of EPFO for the welfare of contractual, outsourced, and other part time employees engaged by various government departments and private organization.
The meeting was attended by different sectoral heads from tourism, education, health, agriculture, horticulture, labour, R&B, PDD, Jal Shakti, Industries, Social Welfare, Food Civil Supplies all MCS.
Stressing on maximum number of eligible employees under different insurance and pension schemes, RPF Commissioner, Rizwan Uddin deliberated about applicability of EPF & Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 and elaborated the provisions of Employees' Pension Scheme 1995 and Employees Deposit Linked Insurance scheme,1976 especially responsibility of departments/ Organizations in registering process of their employees.
He advised all the Departments to extend benefits of these Schemes to all contract and outsourced employees engaged under various Govt departments directly or indirectly. He also explained to the audience about the process of registration of Principal Employers on the online portal of the EPFO.
The RPF Commissioner on the occasion asked departments to make outreach programmes about the registration process of EPFO schemes so that more and more people are covered under the schemes.
RPF Commissioner, Rizwan Uddin appreciated the coordination of DC Budgam, S F Hamid and expressed the need for further follow up by District Administration and associate Offices to extend Social Security in the district.
Later, the RPF Commissioner also met presidents of different Lab units of the district and impressed that they will coordinate in identification of contractors engaging construction works in different projects and subsequent in their registration process.