Posted on 29 August 2011,
As per the Employees’ Provident Funds & Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952, it is mandatory for the establishments covered under the Act to submit the Provident Fund returns as per the time stipulated in this respect. However, there are cases where the management of various companies do not submit returns or submit the returns after due dates. As a result, the workers become victims as they do not get up-to-date statement of their Provident Fund accounts in the form of account slips in time.
LIST OF COMPANIES (STATE-WISE) WHERE PF RETURNS ARE PENDING
|
S. No. |
Name of the State |
No. of establishments defaulted in submission of PF returns |
|
1. |
Andhra Pradesh |
20213 |
|
2. |
Bihar |
927 |
|
3. |
Chhattisgarh |
570 |
|
4. |
Delhi |
11842 |
|
5. |
Goa |
500 |
|
6. |
Gujarat |
6165 |
|
7. |
Haryana |
4508 |
|
8. |
Himachal Pradesh |
1230 |
|
9. |
Jharkhand |
1573 |
|
10. |
Karnataka |
8068 |
|
11. |
Kerala |
3696 |
|
12. |
Madhya Pradesh |
3489 |
|
13. |
Maharashtra |
18666 |
|
14. |
North East Regions |
78 |
|
15. |
Orissa |
1780 |
|
16. |
Punjab |
7285 |
|
17. |
Rajasthan |
2237 |
|
18. |
Tamil Nadu |
13734 |
|
19. |
Uttar Pradesh |
8757 |
|
20. |
Uttaranchal |
638 |
|
21. |
West Bengal |
4209 |
|
TOTAL |
120165 |
|
As per section 14(2) of the Employees’ Provident Funds & Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 read with para 76 of the Employees’ Provident Fund Scheme, 1952 default in submission of return is a punishable offence and liable for prosecution.
The number of prosecution cases filed against chronic defaulting establishments including non-submission of returns are mentioned is given below:-
PROSECUTION CASES – AS ON 31.03.2010
|
Region |
Employees’ Provident Fund Scheme, 1952 |
Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995 |
Employees’ Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme, 1976 |
|
Dehradun |
4 |
4 |
4 |
|
Delhi – North |
382 |
264 |
210 |
|
Delhi – South |
300 |
130 |
181 |
|
Chandigarh |
424 |
251 |
452 |
|
Ludhiana |
498 |
306 |
319 |
|
Shimla |
75 |
0 |
0 |
|
Kanpur |
152 |
45 |
40 |
|
Meerut |
55 |
55 |
55 |
|
Patna |
1546 |
1336 |
1336 |
|
Faridabad |
334 |
302 |
296 |
|
Gurgaon |
187 |
177 |
186 |
|
Jaipur |
334 |
80 |
85 |
|
Ahmedabad |
1419 |
216 |
203 |
|
Baroda |
489 |
346 |
442 |
|
Indore |
1378 |
1013 |
1412 |
|
Surat |
369 |
161 |
167 |
|
Kandivali |
517 |
77 |
76 |
|
Mumbai- I Bandra |
657 |
327 |
344 |
|
Mumbai– II Thane |
70 |
70 |
70 |
|
Nagpur |
202 |
172 |
77 |
|
Pune |
1270 |
1252 |
1272 |
|
Raipur |
516 |
283 |
356 |
|
Bangalore |
491 |
436 |
400 |
|
Gulbarga |
549 |
370 |
353 |
|
Mangalore |
561 |
243 |
248 |
|
Panaji |
168 |
178 |
153 |
|
Peenya |
178 |
178 |
175 |
|
Bhubaneshwar |
906 |
477 |
617 |
|
Guntur |
344 |
326 |
317 |
|
Hyderabad |
2219 |
1780 |
1343 |
|
Nizamabad |
178 |
149 |
139 |
|
Chennai |
270 |
233 |
250 |
|
Coimbatore |
640 |
303 |
306 |
|
Madurai |
467 |
321 |
237 |
|
Tambaram |
223 |
227 |
226 |
|
Thiruvananthapuram |
1318 |
954 |
759 |
|
Guwahati |
647 |
470 |
589 |
|
Jalpaiguri |
838 |
838 |
838 |
|
Kolkata |
1746 |
431 |
417 |
|
Ranchi |
856 |
854 |
726 |
|
TOTAL |
During the year 2010-11, 1,56,578 complaints were received of which 1,38,745 complaints were disposed off.
The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation deals with the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) and not PPF. Rate of interest is declared on the basis of earnings and balance available in the Interest Suspense Account. Since balance in the Interest Suspense Account was sufficient to allow 9.5 percent rate of interest, hence 9.5 percent rate of interest was declared for the year 2010-11.
As per the Employees’ Provident Funds & Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952, it is mandatory for the establishments covered under the Act to submit the Provident Fund returns as per the time stipulated in this respect. However, there are cases where the management of various companies do not submit returns or submit the returns after due dates. As a result, the workers become victims as they do not get up-to-date statement of their Provident Fund accounts in the form of account slips in time.
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment Shri Mallikarjun Kharge gave this information in reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
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