Lok Sabha Question No. 1107 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-02
Subject: Contribution to Provident Fund
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Ujjwal Raman Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1107 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2024

## CONTRIBUTION TO PROVIDENT FUND

†1107. SHRI UJJWAL RAMAN SINGH:

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

- (a)the  details  of  the  companies  that  have  not  contributed  to  the Provident Fund of the employees during the year 2023-24, Statewise;
- (b)the action taken by the Government against such companies that have  not  contributed  to  the  Provident  Fund  of  their  employees during the year 2023-24; and
- (c)the details of concrete steps being taken by the Government to check the recurrence of such incidents?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)

(a) to (c): The employers/establishments covered under Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions (EPF & MP) Act, 1952 are required to file electronic challan-cum-return (ECR) in respect of all their eligible employees and remit the dues within 15 days of close of wage month. In the event of non-filing of ECR, the employers are alerted through SMS/e-mail to remit the dues.

In  cases  where  non-compliance  has  been  ascertained after enquiry, the amount in default is assessed & recovered through a quasi-judicial process under Section 7A of the said Act. A penalty is imposed under Section 14B for willful default in payment, and legal potential attachment  or  freezing  of  assets.  In  Financial  Year  (FY)  2023-24, penalty under Section 14B of the said Act was levied in 53782 cases action is taken for non-compliance, including the for delayed payments.

In severe cases, criminal charges may be filed against the company's management. These steps also keep the recurrence of defaults  under  check.  In  Financial  Year  (FY)  2023-24,  prosecution under Section 14 was filed for default against 184 establishments and FIR under IPC 406/409 was filed for default in payment against 23 establishments.

The  state  wise  details  of  Non-contributing  defaulting establishments  during  the  Financial  Year  (FY)  2023-24  are  at Annexure. *                                            *****

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1107 by Shri  Ujjwal  Raman  Singh  regarding  Contribution  to  Provident  Fund  to  be  answered  on 02.12.2024.

| S.No   | State/UT               |   No. of Non Contributory defaulting Establishments |
|--------|------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| 1      | Andman &Nicobar        |                                                  14 |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh         |                                                 339 |
| 3      | Assam                  |                                                  46 |
| 4      | Bihar                  |                                                  45 |
| 5      | Chattisgarh            |                                                  36 |
| 6      | Dadra And Nagar Haveli |                                                  24 |
| 7      | Daman Diu              |                                                  12 |
| 8      | Delhi                  |                                                 296 |
| 9      | Goa                    |                                                   8 |
| 10     | Gujarat                |                                                 192 |
| 11     | Haryana                |                                                 197 |
| 12     | Jharkhand              |                                                  28 |
| 13     | Karnataka              |                                                 293 |
| 14     | Kerala                 |                                                  42 |
| 15     | Madhya Pradesh         |                                                 174 |
| 16     | Maharashtra            |                                                 784 |
| 17     | Meghalaya              |                                                   1 |
| 18     | Odisha                 |                                                 126 |
| 19     | Punjab                 |                                                 292 |
| 20     | Rajasthan              |                                                 159 |
| 21     | Himachal Pardesh       |                                                   3 |
| 22     | Sikkim                 |                                                   2 |
| 23     | Tamil Nadu             |                                                 856 |
| 24     | Telangana              |                                                 272 |
| 25     | Tripura                |                                                  18 |
| 26     | Uttar Pradesh          |                                                 435 |
| 27     | Uttarakhand            |                                                  63 |
| 28     | West Bengal            |                                                 108 |
|        | Grand Total            |                                                4865 |

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