Lok Sabha Question No. 4210 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-27
Subject: Contribution of Employers under EPF
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Arvind Ganpat Sawant, Omprakash Bhupalsinh alias Pawan Rajenimbalkar

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4210

TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.03.2023

## CONTRIBUTION OF EMPLOYERS UNDER EPF

†4210. SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT: SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS PAWAN RAJENIMBALKAR:

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

- (a)whether the  Government  propose to increase contribution of employers under EPF, if so, the details thereof;
- (b)total number of cases of Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) settled by Employees'  Provident  Fund  Organisation  during  each  of  last  three
- years and the current year;
- (c)the  State/UT-wise  number  of  total  cases  of  EPF  for  settlement during the said period;
- (d)whether any criteria has been fixed for processing of claims; and
- (e)if so, the details thereof including settlement rate?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

- (a): There is no such proposal under consideration.
- (b) & (c): The  details  of  the  total  number  of  cases  of  Employees' Provident Fund (EPF), Employees' Pension Scheme (EPS) and Employees' Deposit-Linked Insurance Scheme (EDLI) settled by Employees'  Provident  Fund  Organisation  (EPFO)  during  each  of  last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise, are at Annexure.

(d) & (e): Yes,  Sir.  As  per  the  paragraph  72  (7)  of  the  EPF  Scheme, 1952, paragraph 17A of EPS Scheme, 1995 and paragraph 24(4) of EDLI Scheme, 1976,  the  claims,  complete  in  all  respects  submitted  along with the requisite documents shall be settled and benefit amount paid to the beneficiaries within 20 days from the date of its receipt by the Commissioner. If there is any deficiency in the claim, the same shall be recorded in writing and communicated to the applicant within 20 days from the date of receipt of such application. The details of claims settled by EPFO including settlement rate are as under:

| YEAR                 | CLAIMS SETTLED   | SETTLED WITHIN DAYS   | 20 SETTLEMENT RATE (within 20 days)   |
|----------------------|------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2019-20              | 2,09,39,799      | 1,85,99,023           | 88.82%                                |
| 2020-21              | 3,25,89,114      | 3,09,57,109           | 94.99%                                |
| 2021-22              | 3,90,97,471      | 3,77,03,392           | 96.43%                                |
| 2022-23 (19.03.2023) | 3,94,29,162      | 3,90,01,702           | 98.92%                                |

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (b) & (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4210 FOR ANSWER ON 27.03.2023 BY SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT AND SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS PAWAN RAJENIMBALKAR REGARDING 'CONTRIBUTION OF EMPLOYERS UNDER EPF'.

Details of total number of cases of Employees' Provident Fund (EPF), Employees' Pension Scheme (EPS)  and  Employees'  Deposit  Linked  Scheme  (EDLI)  settled  by  Employees'  Provident  Fund Organisation.

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                    | FY 2019-20   | FY 2020-21   | FY 2021-22   | FY 2022-23 (as on 19.03.2023)   |
|-----------|-----------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 3,685        | 7,673        | 10,586       | 14,494                          |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh              | 5,12,004     | 8,43,339     | 10,93,403    | 10,97,956                       |
| 3         | Assam                       | 91,961       | 1,44,318     | 2,26,513     | 2,37,668                        |
| 4         | Bihar                       | 1,66,713     | 3,32,819     | 4,25,962     | 4,53,835                        |
| 5         | Chandigarh                  | 2,98,369     | 3,89,311     | 4,58,916     | 4,47,445                        |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh                | 1,76,293     | 4,03,062     | 4,54,620     | 4,46,360                        |
| 7         | Delhi                       | 18,24,512    | 27,51,568    | 30,44,153    | 30,95,774                       |
| 8         | Goa                         | 82,954       | 1,27,724     | 1,53,871     | 1,63,581                        |
| 9         | Gujarat                     | 15,51,467    | 22,27,443    | 27,18,669    | 28,06,622                       |
| 10        | Haryana                     | 13,63,493    | 21,20,198    | 25,37,861    | 26,04,413                       |
| 11        | Himachal Pradesh            | 1,71,488     | 2,37,184     | 2,95,822     | 3,42,010                        |
| 12        | Jammu and Kashmir           | 0            | 4,874        | 1,18,935     | 1,53,811                        |
| 13        | Jharkhand                   | 1,99,412     | 3,36,837     | 4,28,478     | 4,72,840                        |
| 14        | Karnataka                   | 23,15,594    | 39,43,329    | 43,70,365    | 43,26,961                       |
| 15        | Kerala                      | 4,84,526     | 7,10,676     | 8,33,019     | 8,83,367                        |
| 16        | Ladakh                      | 0            | 114          | 633          | 819                             |
| 17        | Madhya Pradesh              | 6,04,747     | 9,19,459     | 10,82,587    | 9,93,581                        |
| 18        | Maharashtra                 | 37,94,654    | 61,57,067    | 73,74,137    | 72,74,856                       |
| 19        | Meghalaya                   | 8,304        | 17,579       | 27,429       | 35,807                          |
| 20        | Odisha                      | 2,93,537     | 4,70,048     | 6,23,830     | 6,84,252                        |
| 21        | Puducherry                  | 66,822       | 92,319       | 1,08,374     | 1,00,502                        |
| 22        | Punjab                      | 4,07,886     | 5,71,901     | 6,77,024     | 6,60,278                        |
| 23        | Rajasthan                   | 5,45,264     | 8,31,358     | 9,64,776     | 9,97,472                        |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu                  | 26,29,506    | 38,62,747    | 45,81,773    | 43,42,857                       |
| 25        | Telangana                   | 10,92,664    | 17,66,318    | 21,38,226    | 21,60,178                       |
| 26        | Tripura                     | 11,280       | 14,457       | 19,319       | 17,800                          |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh               | 11,14,908    | 16,77,805    | 20,95,078    | 22,08,392                       |
| 28        | Uttarakhand                 | 4,02,442     | 5,36,919     | 6,68,604     | 6,97,109                        |
| 29        | West Bengal                 | 7,25,314     | 10,90,668    | 15,64,508    | 17,08,122                       |
|           | Total                       | 2,09,39,799  | 3,25,89,114  | 3,90,97,471  | 3,94,29,162                     |

Note: Claim settlement for States of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland, is being done in their adjoining Regional Offices (ROs) under North-East Region (NER) Zone, for State of Sikkim, in their adjoining RO (Siliguri) under West Bengal and Sikkim Zone, for UTs of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, in their adjoining RO (RO Vapi) under Gujarat Zone and for UT of Lakshadweep, in the adjoining RO (RO Kochi) under Kerala & Lakshadweep Zone.

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