Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 27: Rizwan Uddin, Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, J&K and Ladakh, Visited Kupwara today to address a mega district outreach programme “Nidhi Aapke Nikat 2.0” conducted by Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), Ministry of Labour & Employment in collaboration with district administration Kupwara.
Awareness and outreach programme was held at meeting hall of DC office complex Kupwara. The aim of the program was to ensure broad based participation, awareness, grievance redressal handholding, training and information exchange between stakeholders and EPFO.
A large number of subscribers, pensioners, private school teachers, casual labourers, employees, employers, representatives, contractors, and officers of district administration Kupwara besides other stake holders participated in the mega outreach programme.
Rizwan Uddin thanked Deputy Commissioner Kupwara, Dr. Doifode Sagar Dattatray for organising such an impressive and well attended outreach programme on a very short notice.
He highlighted the importance of enrolling more and more employees, contractual or casual, drivers, and conductors under the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) to extend the benefits of social security schemes like Employee’s Provident Fund Scheme, 1952, Employer’s Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme, 1976 and Employees Pension scheme, 1995.
He Spoke at length about rights of employees and duties of employers. “Employees have right to social security, if an employee in private sector deposits provident fund for 10 years he has right to pension in private sector” the PF Commissioner said.
He directed concerned officers of District administration to frame the list of employees in private sector and send to EPFO so that employees are hand-holded properly for their enrolment under provident fund.
Rizwan stressed that EPFO will ensure remittance of provident funds in respect of all eligible members well in time and appropriately. He also assured to resolve the issues faced by the schools, hotels, private firms, other establishments and stakeholders by providing handholding support and training particularly on UAN activation, KYC updation, Claim settlement and E-nomination.
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