Lok Sabha Question No. 1199 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-11
Subject: Payroll Data of EPFO
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Sudheer Gupta, Prataprao  Jadhav, Sambhajirao Mane Dhairyasheel, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Shrirang Appa Barne

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1199 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.12.2023

## PAYROLL DATA OF EPFO

1199. SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE:

SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

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

- (a)whether quarterly provisional payroll data of Employees Provident

Fund Organizations (EPFO) has been released by the Government;

- (b)if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  total  number  of  new  members enrolled during the last quarter, State/UT-wise;
- (c)whether a large number of new female members have joined during the last quarter and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)the details of industries which has shown higher number of new entrants in the payroll data; and
- (e)whether the Government proposes to provide any unemployment allowances to unemployed persons and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has been publishing its Pay Roll Data since April, 2018 (for period onward September,  2017)  on  20 th   of  every  month,  whereby  the  number  of subscri bers joining Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) for the first time through Aadhaar validated Universal Account Number (UAN), existing subscribers  exiting  and  subscribers  who  exited  earlier  re-join  as subscribers  is  reported  to  arrive  at  net  Payroll.  As  per  latest published payroll (on 20 th November,  2023)  for the month  of September, 2023, the State/UT-wise  details of  enrollments  of  new

EPF subscribers for the months of the last Quarter (from the wage month  of  July,  2023  to  September,  2023)  are  at  Annexure.  The cumulative number of new female EPF Subscribers enrolled during the last quarter is 7,63,687. As per the latest Payroll report, the higher number of new EPF subscribers has been enrolled in establishments engaged  in  Expert  services  (38  per  cent),  Trading-commercial establishments, Building and Construction Industry, Electrical, Mechanical and General Engineering Products, EngineersEngineering Contractors.

Note:  The  Net  Payroll  Data  published  by  EPFO  is  provisional  as updation  of  e mployees'  records  is  a  continuous  process  and  gets updated in subsequent month(s).

(e): Under  the  Atal  Beemit  Vyakti  Kalyan  Yojana  (ABVKY) being implemented by the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), the unemployment benefit subject to eligibility conditions, is paid to insured workers who lose their job. The unemployment benefit under the ABVKY has been enhanced to 50% from 25% of the average daily earning, payable upto 90 days, alongwith relaxation of eligibility conditions to claim the benefit for insured workers.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTs (a) TO (d) to LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1199  DUE  FOR  REPLY  ON  11.12.2023  RAISED  BY  HON'BLE  MPs  SHRI SUDHEER  GUPTA,  SHRI  PRATAPRAO  JADHAV,  SHRI  DHAIRYASHEEL  SAMBHAJIRAO MANE,  SHRI  SANJAY  SADASHIVRAO  MANDLIK  AND  SHRI  SHRIRANG  APPA  BARNE, REGARDING 'Payroll Data of EPFO'.

469

788

79

540

114

387

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                  | Cumulative Number of enrolled during the last September, 2023)   |   New EPF Subscribers quarter (July, 2023 to |
|-----------|---------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| 1         | ANDAMANANDNICOBAR ISLANDS |                                                                  |                                          469 |
| 2         | ANDHRA PRADESH            |                                                                  |                                        65484 |
| 3         | ARUNACHAL PRADESH         |                                                                  |                                          788 |
| 4         | ASSAM                     |                                                                  |                                        17372 |
| 5         | BIHAR                     |                                                                  |                                        30856 |
| 6         | CHANDIGARH                |                                                                  |                                        29995 |
| 7         | CHHATTISGARH              |                                                                  |                                        29137 |
| 8         | DELHI                     |                                                                  |                                       201421 |
| 9         | GOA                       |                                                                  |                                        11928 |
| 10        | GUJARAT                   |                                                                  |                                       227660 |
| 11        | HARYANA                   |                                                                  |                                       201380 |
| 12        | HIMACHAL PRADESH          |                                                                  |                                        20730 |
| 13        | JAMMU AND KASHMIR         |                                                                  |                                         9067 |
| 14        | JHARKHAND                 |                                                                  |                                        25757 |
| 15        | KARNATAKA                 |                                                                  |                                       325430 |
| 16        | KERALA                    |                                                                  |                                        49852 |
| 17        | LADAKH                    |                                                                  |                                           79 |
| 18        | MADHYAPRADESH             |                                                                  |                                        73295 |
| 19        | MAHARASHTRA               |                                                                  |                                       574391 |
| 20        | MANIPUR                   |                                                                  |                                          540 |
| 21        | MEGHALAYA                 |                                                                  |                                         1202 |
| 22        | MIZORAM                   |                                                                  |                                          114 |
| 23        | NAGALAND                  |                                                                  |                                          387 |
| 24        | ODISHA                    |                                                                  |                                        42672 |
| 25        | PUNJAB                    |                                                                  |                                        35785 |
| 26        | RAJASTHAN                 |                                                                  |                                       105264 |
| 27        | TAMIL NADU                |                                                                  |                                       325689 |
| 28        | TELANGANA                 |                                                                  |                                       200347 |
| 29        | TRIPURA                   |                                                                  |                                         1002 |
| 30        | UTTAR PRADESH             |                                                                  |                                       160162 |
| 31        | UTTARAKHAND               |                                                                  |                                        40045 |
| 32        | WEST BENGAL               |                                                                  |                                       117536 |
|           | Total                     |                                                                  |                                      2925836 |

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