Lok Sabha Question No. 2310 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-01
Subject: Upgradation of Sub-Regional Office of EPFO
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: CHANDRAKANT BHAURAO KHAIRE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2310

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.08.2016

UPGRADATION OF SUB-REGIONAL OFFICE OF EPFO

†2310. SHRI CHANDRAKANT KHAIRE:

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

(a)whether the Government has any proposal to upgrade certain subregional employees provident fund offices in the country to the level

- of the office of regional employees provident fund commissioner;
- (b)if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  action  taken  thereon,  State/UTwise including Maharashtra; and

(c)the steps taken/being taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): Central Board of Trusties, Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) has approved a proposal to re-constitute the existing field offices into two  categories  of  Regional  Offices  -100   to  be  headed  by  Regional Provident Fund Commissioners and 35 to be headed by Dy. Provident Fund Commissioners. A list  of  offices  showing  above  categorization, State/UT-wise,  including  Maharashtra  Region,  is  at  Annexure.  The proposal is in the process of implementation.

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ANNEXURE

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2310 FOR 01.08.2016 BY SHRI CHANDRAKANT  KHAIRE  REGARDING  UPGRADATION  OF  SUB-REGIONAL OFFICE OF EPFO.

| STATE / OFFICE   | OFFICES HEADED BY   | OFFICES HEADED BY   | Grand Total   |
|------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------|
| STATE / OFFICE   | DPFC                | RPFC                | Grand Total   |
| ANDHRA PRADESH   | -                   | 4                   | 4             |
| Guntur           | -                   | 1                   | 1             |
| Kadapa           | -                   | 1                   | 1             |
| Rajamundry       | -                   | 1                   | 1             |
| Vishakapatnam    | -                   | 1                   | 1             |
| ASSAM            | 1                   | 1                   | 2             |
| Guwahati         | -                   | 1                   | 1             |
| Tinsukia         | 1                   | -                   | 1             |
| BIHAR            | 2                   | 1                   | 3             |
| Bhagalpur        | 1                   | -                   | 1             |
| Muzaffarpur      | 1                   | -                   | 1             |
| Patna            | -                   | 1                   | 1             |
| CHANDIGARH       | -                   | 1                   | 1             |
| Chandigarh       | -                   | 1                   | 1             |
| CHATTISGARH      | -                   | 1                   | 1             |
| Raipur           | -                   | 1                   | 1             |
| DELHI            | -                   | 5                   | 5             |
| Delhi (East)     | -                   | 1                   | 1             |
| Delhi (Central)  | -                   | 1                   | 1             |
| Delhi (North)    | -                   | 1                   | 1             |
| Delhi (South)    | -                   | 1                   | 1             |
| Delhi (West)     | -                   | 1                   | 1             |
| GOA              | -                   | 1                   | 1             |
| Goa              | -                   | 1                   | 1             |
| GUJARAT          | 1                   | 7                   | 8             |
| Ahmadabad        | -                   | 1                   | 1             |
| Bharuch          | -                   | 1                   | 1             |
| Naroda           | -                   | 1                   | 1             |
| Rajkot           | -                   | 1                   | 1             |
| Surat            | -                   | 1                   | 1             |
| Vadodara         | -                   | 1                   | 1             |
| Vapi             | -                   | 1                   | 1             |
| Vatwa            | 1                   | -                   | 1             |
| HARYANA          | -                   | 5                   | 5             |
| Faridabad        | -                   | 1                   | 1             |

| Gurgaon -1       | -   | 1   |   1 |
|------------------|-----|-----|-----|
| Gurgaon -2       | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Karnal           | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Rohtak           | -   | 1   |   1 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Shimla           | -   | 1   |   1 |
| JHARKHAND        | -   | 2   |   2 |
| Jamshedpur       | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Ranchi           | -   | 1   |   1 |
| KARNATAKA        | 8   | 10  |  18 |
| Bangalore - 2    | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Bangalore -1     | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Bellary          | 1   | -   |   1 |
| Bommasandra -1   | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Bommasandra -2   | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Chikamagalur     | 1   | -   |   1 |
| Gulbarga         | 1   | -   |   1 |
| Hubli            | -   | 1   |   1 |
| K R Puram        | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Mangalore        | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Mysore           | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Peenya           | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Raichur          | 1   | -   |   1 |
| RR Nagar         | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Shimoga          | 1   | -   |   1 |
| Tumkur           | 1   | -   |   1 |
| Uduppi           | 1   | -   |   1 |
| Yellahanka       | 1   | -   |   1 |
| KERALA           | 3   | 3   |   6 |
| Calicut          | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Cochin           | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Kannur           | 1   | -   |   1 |
| Kollam           | 1   | -   |   1 |
| Kottayam         | 1   | -   |   1 |
| Trivandrum       | -   | 1   |   1 |
| MADHYA PRADESH   | 3   | 3   |   6 |
| Bhopal           | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Gwalior          | 1   | -   |   1 |
| Indore           | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Jabalpur         | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Sagar            | 1   | -   |   1 |
| Ujjain           | 1   | -   |   1 |
| MAHARASHTRA      | 1   | 16  |  17 |
| Akola            | 1   | -   |   1 |

| Aurangabad    | -   | 1   |   1 |
|---------------|-----|-----|-----|
| Bandra - 1    | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Bandra - 2    | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Bandra - 3    | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Bandra - 4    | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Kolhapur      | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Nagpur        | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Nasik         | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Pune - 1      | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Pune - 2      | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Solhapur      | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Thane - 1     | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Thane - 2     | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Vashi         | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Kandivali - 1 | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Kandivali -2  | -   | 1   |   1 |
| MEGHALAYA     | 1   | -   |   1 |
| Shillong      | 1   | -   |   1 |
| ODISHA        | 2   | 2   |   4 |
| Berhampur     | 1   | -   |   1 |
| Bhubaneswar   | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Keonjhar      | 1   | -   |   1 |
| Rourkela      | -   | 1   |   1 |
| PUNJAB        | 1   | 3   |   4 |
| Amritsar      | 1   | -   |   1 |
| Bhatinda      | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Jalandhar     | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Ludhiana      | -   | 1   |   1 |
| RAJASTHAN     | 1   | 3   |   4 |
| Jodhpur       | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Kota          | 1   | -   |   1 |
| Udaipur       | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Jaipur        | -   | 1   |   1 |
| TAMIL NADU    | 2   | 10  |  12 |
| Ambattur      | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Chennai -1    | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Chennai -2    | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Coimbatore    | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Madurai       | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Nagercoil     | 1   | -   |   1 |
| Pondicherry   | 1   | -   |   1 |
| Salem         | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Tambaram      | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Tirunelveli   | -   | 1   |   1 |

| Trichy        | -   | 1   |   1 |
|---------------|-----|-----|-----|
| Vellore       | -   | 1   |   1 |
| TELANGANA     | 3   | 5   |   8 |
| Hyderabad - 1 | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Hyderabad - 2 | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Karimnagar    | 1   | -   |   1 |
| Kukatpalli    | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Nizamabad     | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Patancheru    | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Siddipet      | 1   | -   |   1 |
| Warangal      | 1   | -   |   1 |
| TRIPURA       | 1   | -   |   1 |
| Agartala      | 1   | -   |   1 |
| UTTAR PRADESH | 3   | 6   |   9 |
| Agra          | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Allahabad     | 1   | -   |   1 |
| Bareilly      | 1   | -   |   1 |
| Gorakhpur     | 1   | -   |   1 |
| Kanpur        | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Lucknow       | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Meerut        | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Noida         | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Varanasi      | -   | 1   |   1 |
| UTTARAKHAND   | -   | 2   |   2 |
| Dehradun      | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Haldwani      | -   | 1   |   1 |
| WEST BENGAL   | 2   | 8   |  10 |
| Barrackpore   | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Darjeeling    | 1   | -   |   1 |
| Durgapur      | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Howrah        | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Jalpaiguri    | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Jangipur      | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Kolkata       | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Park Street   | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Port Blair    | 1   | -   |   1 |
| Siliguri      | -   | 1   |   1 |
| Grand Total   | 35  | 100 | 135 |

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