Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 28: EPFO Regional Office, Jammu held awareness and outreach programmes at Salal Power Station, Jyotipuram, Reasi and Konkan Railway Conference Hall, Reasi.
A large number of employees were found to be un-enrolled in PF by the Sub- Contractors of Konkan Railway Projects, Reasi.
The P F Commissioner J & K and Ladakh, Rizwan Uddin advised the Railway Authorities to ensure that none of the workers engaged in the Railway Project Sites is without a UAN. They were also advised to confirm that all eligible employees are enrolled as members.
Konkan Authorities were advised to review the compliance of all the Contractors and Sub- Contractors engaged by them and set right compliance of Contractors and Sub Contractors regarding Provident Fund within Seven days.
A seminar was held at Salal Power Station, Rizwan Uddin, RPFC – I, Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh addressed the participants during the session. was formally welcomed by J.C. Sarkar, General Manager (Incharge), Salal Power Station and he apprised him about the various works being done in the Power Station and appreciated the public outreach programme being conducted by the EPFO, Jammu.
Rizwan Uddin, addressed the Project Management, Contractors & the Contract Labourers during the session. The session focused on social security benefits available under the EPF & MP Act, 1952 and the schemes framed there under, major initiatives by EPFO and challenges faced by different stakeholders. Satyawan, General Manager (E&C) & Sanjeev Kumar, Group Senior Manager (HR) from Salal Management also participated in the awareness programme.
A seminar was also held at Konkan Railway Conference Hall, Reasi.
Rizwan Uddin, in the presence of Dy. Chief Engineer Jayasimhan, directed the contractors and sub- contractors present in the meeting to present all their documents related to Provident Fund of the subscribers and thoroughly instructed to fill the PF of all the workers regularly.
M/s ABCI Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. who have four sub-contractors in the Jammu Region was directed to pay the PF dues within the next three days.
M/s SRM-Rajinder (JV) is having total employees of 210 and paying the PF of only 40 members wherein depriving the other member from the PF benefits. The contractor has been directed to submit the PF dues of all other members within the next three working days so that benefits can be provided especially to the workers/labourers or strict action will be taken against the employer.
The Regional P.F Commissioner highlighted that all those eligible employees who were deprived of the pension are now covered under the Employees’ Pension Scheme after the implementation of the EPF & MP Act, 1952 in the UT of J&K and Ladakh from 01st Nov 2019. In case of any causality as cited above, the pension will be paid to the widow/widower, children of the deceased member.
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