Lok Sabha Question No. 2622 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-14
Subject: PF Accounts
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: SANGANNA AMARAPPA KARADI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2622 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2016

## PF ACCOUNTS

## 2622. SHRI SANGANNA AMARAPPA:

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

- (a)  the  total  number  of  PF  accounts  being  handled  by  Employees' Provident Fund Organization along with active and dormant accounts for which contributions are not seemed;
- (b)  whether  there  is  a  gap  between  the  number  of  PF  accounts  and members contributing  every  month  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof; and
- (c)  the  number  of  members  whose  contributions  are  continuously received  through  their  employers  during  each  of  the  last  three years, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a):   Total  number of Employees' Provident Fund (EPF)  member accounts as on 31.03.2015 is 15.84 crore. On an average, contributions  have  been  received  in  respect  of  3.61  crore  members during April, 2015 to November, 2015.

There  is  no  dormant  account  in  Employees'  Provident  Fund. However,  as  per  para  72(6)  of  the  Employees'  Provident  Funds Scheme, 1952, certain amounts are classified as 'Inoperative Accounts'  in  which  contributions  have  not  been  received  for  36 months  continuously.  All  such  Inoperative  Accounts  have,  however, definite claimants.

(b):  Yes,  Madam.  As  stated  above,  the  total  number  of  Employees' Provident  Fund  (EPF)  member  accounts  as  on  31.03.2015  is  15.84 crore and, on an average, contributions have been received in respect of 3.61 crore members during April, 2015 to November, 2015.

(c):  The total number of members (on an average) whose contributions have been received during the last three years are as under:

2013-14                      :    3.26 crore

2014-15                      :    3.49 crore

2015-16                      :    3.61 crore

(April-November, 2015)

State-wise data in respect of accounts contributing continuously is  presently  available  with  Employees'  Provident  Fund  Organization (EPFO)  only  in  respect  of  the  year  2015-16  (April-November,  2015) which is at Annex.

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## ANNEX

## ANNEX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  2622  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  14.03.2016  BY  SHRI  SANGANNA AMARAPPA REGARDING PF ACCOUNTS.

## Average of contributing members (April - November, 2015)

| Sl. No.   | State                                             |   Average Contributing Members |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                                    |                         844228 |
| 2         | Assam                                             |                         212859 |
| 3         | Bihar                                             |                         273154 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh                                      |                         341078 |
| 5         | Delhi                                             |                        2391762 |
| 6         | Goa                                               |                         156543 |
| 7         | Gujarat                                           |                        2412906 |
| 8         | Haryana                                           |                        1842453 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh                                  |                         251103 |
| 10        | Jharkhand                                         |                         399465 |
| 11        | Karnataka                                         |                        4410138 |
| 12        | Kerala                                            |                         963975 |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh                                    |                         855375 |
| 14        | Maharashtra                                       |                        7211059 |
| 15        | Meghalaya                                         |                          28637 |
| 16        | Odisha                                            |                         628955 |
| 17        | Punjab (including Chandigarh)                     |                         953328 |
| 18        | Rajasthan                                         |                         844636 |
| 19        | Sikkim                                            |                         156589 |
| 20        | Tamil Nadu (including Puducherry)                 |                        4373852 |
| 21        | Telangana                                         |                        2305861 |
| 22        | Tripura                                           |                          28388 |
| 23        | Uttarakhand                                       |                         450072 |
| 24        | Uttar Pradesh                                     |                        1575530 |
| 25        | West Bengal (including Andaman & Nicobar islands) |                        2218891 |
|           | Total                                             |                       36130837 |

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