Lok Sabha Question No. 4345 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-12
Subject: Inoperative EPF Accounts
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: RAJAN BABURAO  VICHARE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4345 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2016

## INOPERATIVE EPF ACCOUNTS

4345. SHRI RAJAN VICHARE:

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

- (a)the  number  of  inoperative  accounts  with  Employees  Provident  Fund Organisation (EPFO) along with the total amount lying in those accounts, State/UT-wise;
- (b)whether all the said accounts have a definite claimant;
- (c)if  so,  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  facilitate  payment  to  the rightful claimants; and
- (d)the details of amount disbursed out of inoperative accounts during each of
- the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)

is

- (a) & (b): As  on  31.03.2016,  a  total  of  9,29,89,648  accounts  have  been classified as inoperative accounts and amount involved therein Rs. 40,865.14 crore.

State/UT-wise  details  of  amounts  classified  as  inoperative  accounts  in Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) is at Annex-I.

- (c): The  following  steps  have  been  taken  to  facilitate  payments  to  the rightful claimants:
- (i)  Employees'  Provident  Fund  Organization  (EPFO)  has  allotted  Universal Account  Number  (UAN)  to  its  members  which  will  enable  to  identify  the members without intermediation of the employers;
- (ii)   Attestation by the bank authorities in those cases where employer is not available;
- (iii)  Online  Grievance  Redressal  mechanism  EPFiGMS  is  in  place  which redresses the claimants' grievances, if any, within 15 days; etc.
- (d): The State/UT-wise details of amount disbursed out of inoperative accounts during the last three years is at Annex-II.

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## ANNEX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  4345  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  12.12.2016  BY  SHRI  RAJAN VICHARE REGARDING INOPERATIVE EPF ACCOUNTS.

## State/UT-wise details of Inoperative Accounts in Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) as on 31.03.2016

| S. No.   | State/UT                                                                                                   | Amount of Inoperative Accounts (Rs. in Crore)   |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh (Includes Telangana)                                                                        | 3,493.95                                        |
| 2        | Bihar                                                                                                      | 238.90                                          |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh                                                                                               | 358.62                                          |
| 4        | Delhi                                                                                                      | 5,045.03                                        |
| 5        | Goa                                                                                                        | 225.54                                          |
| 6        | Gujarat (Includes Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli)                                                    | 2,597.94                                        |
| 7        | Haryana                                                                                                    | 2,270.78                                        |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                           | 245.99                                          |
| 9        | Jharkhand                                                                                                  | 416.87                                          |
| 10       | Karnataka                                                                                                  | 6,067.27                                        |
| 11       | Kerala (Includes Lakshadweep)                                                                              | 411.93                                          |
| 12       | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                             | 989.45                                          |
| 13       | Maharashtra                                                                                                | 8,349.02                                        |
| 14       | States Of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur & Mizoram (North-Eastern Region) | 231.91                                          |
| 15       | Odisha                                                                                                     | 687.03                                          |
| 16       | Punjab (Includes Chandigarh)                                                                               | 1,275.17                                        |
| 17       | Rajasthan                                                                                                  | 848.94                                          |
| 18       | Tamil Nadu (Includes Puducherry)                                                                           | 2,995.80                                        |
| 19       | Uttarakhand                                                                                                | 175.11                                          |
| 20       | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                              | 2,079.81                                        |
| 21       | West Bengal (Includes Sikkim and Andaman & Nicobar Islands)                                                | 1,860.09                                        |
|          | Total                                                                                                      | 40,865.14                                       |

ANNEX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  4345  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  12.12.2016  BY  SHRI  RAJAN VICHARE REGARDING INOPERATIVE EPF ACCOUNTS.

## State/UT-wise details of amount disbursed from Inoperative Accounts

(Rs. in crores)

| S. No.   | State/UT                                                                            | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh (Includes Telangana)                                                 | 294.84    | 357.38    | 472.65    |
| 2        | Bihar                                                                               | 569.64    | 121.52    | 100.20    |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh                                                                        | 34.48     | 14.28     | 22.93     |
| 4        | Delhi                                                                               | 313.97    | 509.34    | 427.00    |
| 5        | Goa                                                                                 | 22.69     | 20.20     | 17.03     |
| 6        | Gujarat (Includes Daman & Diu And Dadra & Nagar Haveli)                             | 201.92    | 186.32    | 246.42    |
| 7        | Haryana                                                                             | 187.75    | 214.05    | 203.50    |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh                                                                    | 30.54     | 35.29     | 39.93     |
| 9        | Jharkhand                                                                           | 108.41    | 47.79     | 41.19     |
| 10       | Karnataka                                                                           | 341.99    | 747.34    | 1,137.57  |
| 11       | Kerala (Includes Lakshadweep)                                                       | 69.46     | 88.70     | 67.45     |
| 12       | Madhya Pradesh                                                                      | 103.38    | 132.79    | 180.69    |
| 13       | Maharashtra                                                                         | 472.21    | 2,392.32  | 1,004.65  |
| 14       | States of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur & Mizoram | 0.00      | 30.68     | 28.16     |
| 15       | Odisha                                                                              | 128.45    | 207.88    | 341.12    |
| 16       | Punjab (Includes Chandigarh)                                                        | 147.92    | 149.37    | 138.91    |
| 17       | Rajasthan                                                                           | 120.31    | 163.90    | 130.12    |
| 18       | Tamil Nadu (includes Puducherry)                                                    | 321.31    | 609.78    | 482.12    |
| 19       | Uttarakhand                                                                         | 15.28     | 18.68     | 26.22     |
| 20       | Uttar Pradesh                                                                       | 226.53    | 274.83    | 417.00    |
| 21       | West Bengal (Includes Sikkim and Andaman & Nicobar Islands)                         | 605.63    | 168.57    | 302.03    |
|          | Total                                                                               | 4,316.71  | 6,491.01  | 5,826.89  |

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