Lok Sabha Question No. 5621 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-02
Subject: Registration of EPFO Subscribers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA, ANIL SHIROLE, George Baker

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5621

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.04.2018

## REGISTRATION OF EPFO SUBSCRIBERS

†5621. SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA: SHRI ANIL SHIROLE: SHRI GEORGE BAKER:

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

- (a)the details of the number  of registered subscribers under Employees' Provident  Fund  Organisation  (EPFO)  in  the  country,  State/UT-wise  including Gujarat, Maharashtra and West Bengal;
- (b)the details of the criteria fixed/ parameters set for the company under job data survey;
- (c)whether the Government proposes to make some amendments in the present survey; and
- (d)if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor and the time by which it is
- likely to be implemented?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The details of State/UT-wise number of registered member accounts under Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) are at Annex.
- (b): The  Quarterly  Employment  Survey  (QES)  conducted  by  Labour Bureau measures relative change in employment situation over the successive quarters in sizeable segment of non-farm industrial economy. The main criteria for  a  unit  i.e  company/partnership  firm/  proprietorship  firm  etc.  to  be  covered under  the  survey  is  that  an  establishment  having  10  or  more  workers  in  the selected  eight  major  organized  sectors  namely  Manufacturing,  Construction, Trade, Transport, Education, Health, Accommodation & Restaurants and IT/BPO and  covered  in  the  Sixth  Economic  Census  (2013-14)  is  being  used  as  the sampling frame for the said survey.
- (c) & (d): The Government has recently decided to extend the coverage of the Quarterly  Employment  Survey  (QES)  to  be  known  as  Area  Frame  Survey  by covering establishments employing less than 10 workers also, which will portray a  holistic  picture  of  change  in  employment  scenario  on  quarterly  basis.    This survey is likely to be implemented in the year 2018-19.

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Statement referred to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No. 5621  for  02.04.2018  raised  by  Shri  Parbhubhai  Nagarbhai  Vasava  and  others regarding Registration of EPFO Subscribers.

| Number of registered member accounts under EPFO as on 31.03.2017.   | Number of registered member accounts under EPFO as on 31.03.2017.                   | Number of registered member accounts under EPFO as on 31.03.2017.   |
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| Sr. No.                                                             | STATE/UT                                                                            | Number of member accounts                                           |
| 1                                                                   | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS                                                           | 34933                                                               |
| 2                                                                   | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                      | 3755279                                                             |
| 3                                                                   | ASSAM INCLUDING ARUNACHAL PRADESH, MANIPUR, MIZORAM, NAGALAND, TRIPURA & MEGHALAYA. | 945193                                                              |
| 4                                                                   | BIHAR                                                                               | 1235709                                                             |
| 5                                                                   | CHANDIGARH                                                                          | 3160330                                                             |
| 6                                                                   | CHATTISGARH                                                                         | 1547123                                                             |
| 7                                                                   | DELHI                                                                               | 15546706                                                            |
| 8                                                                   | GOA                                                                                 | 1316705                                                             |
| 9                                                                   | GUJARAT INCLUDING DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI and DAMAN & DIU.                             | 15260059                                                            |
| 10                                                                  | HARYANA                                                                             | 14041586                                                            |
| 11                                                                  | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                    | 1362504                                                             |
| 12                                                                  | JHARKHAND                                                                           | 1997937                                                             |
| 13                                                                  | KARNATAKA                                                                           | 22497385                                                            |
| 14                                                                  | KERALA INCLUDING LAKSHADWEEP                                                        | 2973688                                                             |
| 15                                                                  | MADHYA PRADESH                                                                      | 4403751                                                             |
| 16                                                                  | MAHARASHTRA                                                                         | 38417086                                                            |
| 17                                                                  | ODISHA                                                                              | 2925452                                                             |
| 18                                                                  | PUNJAB                                                                              | 3051343                                                             |
| 19                                                                  | RAJASTHAN                                                                           | 4923490                                                             |
| 20                                                                  | TAMIL NADU INCLUDING PUDUCHERRY                                                     | 23653089                                                            |
| 21                                                                  | TELANGANA                                                                           | 10692231                                                            |
| 22                                                                  | UTTAR PRADESH                                                                       | 8349214                                                             |
| 23                                                                  | UTTRAKHAND                                                                          | 2714784                                                             |
| 24                                                                  | WEST BENGAL INCLUDING SIKKIM                                                        | 8586283                                                             |
| TOTAL                                                               | TOTAL                                                                               | 193391860                                                           |

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