Lok Sabha Question No. 447 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-05
Subject: EPFO Subscribers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Richard Hay, George Baker, PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 447 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.02.2018

## EPFO SUBSCRIBERS

## †447. PROF. RICHARD HAY:

SHRI GEORGE BAKER:

SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA:

Will  the  Minister  of  LABOUR  AND  EMPLOYMENT  be  pleased  to state:

- (a)the details of the number of subscribers enrolled under Employees Provident  Fund  Organisation  (EPFO),  at  present,  in  the  country, State/UT-wise including Kerala, West Bengal and Gujarat;
- (b)the details of the minimum pension being provided to its subscribers, at present, State/UT-wise;
- (c)whether  the  Government  is  planning  to  increase  the  minimum
- pension of its subscribers;
- (d)if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise and the reasons therefor;
- (e)whether  the  Government  has  received  any  proposal  from  some States  to  increase  the  minimum  pension  being  provided  to  its subscribers; and
- (f)if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise and the action taken by the Government thereon?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

- (a): The  State/UT-wise  details  of  Employees'  Provident  Fund (EPF) members as on 31.03.2017 are at Annex A.
- (b): The State/UT-wise details of minimum pension being provided to the members of Employees' Pension Scheme (EPS), 1995 are at Annex B.

- (c) & (d): No, Madam.  Minimum  pension  of Rs.1000/has been prescribed vide notification  No. 593 (E) dated 19.08.2014 with effect from 01.09.2014.
- (e): The Employees' Provident Funds & Miscellaneous Provisions (EPF & MP) Act, 1952 applies to:
- (i) to  an  establishment  which  is  a  factory  engaged  in  any  industry specified  in  Schedule-I  and  in  which  20  or  more  persons  are engaged; and
- (ii) to any other establishment employing 20 or more persons or class of establishments which the Central Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, specify in this behalf.

Therefore, under EPF & MP Act, 1952 and Schemes framed thereunder, the members are subscribers of the respective Schemes and not subscribers of any particular Government.

- (f): Does  not  arise  in  view  of  the  reply  to  part  (e)  of  the Question above.

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## Annex A

Statement referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 447 for 05.02.2018 raised by Prof. Richard Hay, Shri George Baker and Shri Parbhubhai Nagarbhai Vasava regarding EPFO Subscribers.

| STATE/UT-WISE MEMBERS                                                                       |   Un-exempted |   Exempted |     TOTAL |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|------------|-----------|
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS                                                                   |         34932 |          1 |     34933 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                              |       3678246 |      77033 |   3755279 |
| ASSAM INCLUDING ARUNACHAL PRADESH, MANIPUR, MIZORAM, NAGALAND, SIKKIM, TRIPURA & MEGHALAYA. |        919952 |      25241 |    945193 |
| BIHAR                                                                                       |       1210808 |      24901 |   1235709 |
| CHANDIGARH                                                                                  |       3141712 |      18618 |   3160330 |
| CHHATTISGARH                                                                                |       1497119 |      50004 |   1547123 |
| DELHI                                                                                       |      14887564 |     659142 |  15546706 |
| GOA                                                                                         |       1303786 |      12919 |   1316705 |
| GUJARAT INCLUDING DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI & DAMAN & DIU.                                       |      14965561 |     294498 |  15260059 |
| HARYANA                                                                                     |      13675494 |     366092 |  14041586 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                            |       1328323 |      34181 |   1362504 |
| JHARKHAND                                                                                   |       1782764 |     215173 |   1997937 |
| KARNATAKA                                                                                   |      20172762 |    2324623 |  22497385 |
| KERALA INCLUDING LAKSHADWEEP                                                                |       2930697 |      42991 |   2973688 |
| MADHYA PRADESH                                                                              |       4315997 |      87754 |   4403751 |
| MAHARASHTRA                                                                                 |      35830640 |    2586446 |  38417086 |
| ODISHA                                                                                      |       2842554 |      82898 |   2925452 |
| PUNJAB                                                                                      |       2987623 |      63720 |   3051343 |
| RAJASTHAN                                                                                   |       4739045 |     184445 |   4923490 |
| TAMIL NADU INCLUDING PUDUCHERRY                                                             |      23056290 |     596799 |  23653089 |
| TELANGANA                                                                                   |      10193992 |     498239 |  10692231 |
| UTTAR PRADESH                                                                               |       8078977 |     270237 |   8349214 |
| UTTRAKHAND                                                                                  |       2637513 |      77271 |   2714784 |
| WEST BENGAL                                                                                 |       7923925 |     662358 |   8586283 |
| TOTAL                                                                                       |     184136276 |    9255584 | 193391860 |

Annex B

Statement referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 447 for 05.02.2018 raised by Prof. Richard Hay, Shri George Baker and Shri Parbhubhai Nagarbhai Vasava regarding EPFO Subscribers.

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                    |   No. of Pensioners |
|-----------|-----------------------------|---------------------|
| 1.        | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS |                 818 |
| 2.        | ANDHRA PRADESH              |               74831 |
| 3.        | ASSAM                       |                9387 |
| 4.        | BIHAR                       |               49024 |
| 5.        | CHANDIGARH                  |                7324 |
| 6.        | CHHATTISGARH                |               17410 |
| 7.        | DELHI                       |               24706 |
| 8.        | GOA                         |                4614 |
| 9.        | GUJARAT                     |               91720 |
| 10.       | HARYANA                     |               23750 |
| 11.       | HIMACHAL PRADESH            |                5696 |
| 12.       | JHARKHAND                   |               28743 |
| 13.       | KARNATAKA                   |              148480 |
| 14.       | KERALA                      |              167504 |
| 15.       | MADHYA PRADESH              |               66583 |
| 16.       | MAHARASHTRA                 |              257894 |
| 17.       | MEGHALAYA                   |                 573 |
| 18.       | ODISHA                      |               38414 |
| 19.       | PUDUCHERRY                  |                4609 |
| 20.       | PUNJAB                      |               23241 |
| 21.       | RAJASTHAN                   |               27988 |
| 22.       | TAMIL NADU                  |              237596 |
| 23.       | TELANGANA                   |               92060 |
| 24.       | TRIPURA                     |                1422 |
| 25.       | UTTAR PRADESH               |              114293 |
| 26.       | UTTARAKHAND                 |               10183 |
| 27.       | WEST BENGAL                 |              165320 |
|           | TOTAL                       |             1694183 |

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