This notification, G.S.R. 225(E), issued by the Ministry of Labour and Employment on March 27, 2020, introduces the Employees Provident Funds Amendment Scheme, 2020. This amendment, effective from the date of publication in the Official Gazette, modifies paragraph 68L of the Employees Provident Funds Scheme, 1952. Specifically, it inserts a new subparagraph (3) that allows the Commissioner, or an authorized subordinate officer, to permit a non-refundable advance from the provident fund account of a member. This provision applies to members employed in establishments or factories located in areas declared by the appropriate Government as affected by an epidemic or pandemic outbreak. The advance shall not exceed the basic wages and dearness allowances of the member for three months or seventy-five percent of the amount standing to their credit in the Fund, whichever is less. The amendment is issued in exercise of the powers conferred by section 5 read with subsection 1 of section 7 of the Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (19 of 1952). The responsible officer for this notification is R. K. Gupta, Jt. Secy., and the file number is F. No. S35012012020SSIIPt.
Key Entities Referenced
Central Government: The governing authority issuing the notification.
Ministry of Labour and Employment: The Indian government ministry responsible for labour and employment policies.
New Delhi: The location of the notification's issuance, New Delhi, Delhi, India.
Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952: The primary legislation being amended by this notification.
Employees Provident Funds Scheme, 1952: The specific scheme being amended by this notification.
Employees Provident Funds Amendment Scheme, 2020: The name of the amendment scheme introduced by this notification.
R. K. Gupta: The Joint Secretary who signed the notification.
Official Gazette: The official publication in which the amendment scheme is published.
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भाग II—खण्ड 3—उप-खण्ड (i)
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित
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स.ं 175] नई कदल्ली, िजनवार, मार् च28, 2020/र्त्रै 8, 1942
No. 175] NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 2020/CHAITRA 8, 1942
एव ं
ई , 27 मार्,च 2020
. . . 225(अ).— भजवष्य एव ं , 1952 (1952 का 19) 7
- (1) 5 एतद्द्वारा कमचर्ारी भजवष्य जनजध
योिना, 1952 में और ते हुए , :-
1. (1) इस को भजवष् य जनजध (संिोधन) योिना, 2020 के रूप म ें िाना िाएगा ।
(2) सरकारी गिट म ेंप्रकािन की तारीख से लाग ूहोगी।
2. कमचर्ारी भजवष्य जनजध योिना, 1952 में पैराग्राफ 68एल में उप परै ाग्राफ (2) के बाद जनम्न जलजखत उप-पैरा
िाजमल ककया िाएगा, यथा –
“(3) आयक्तु अथवा आयुक्त द्वारा प्राजधकृत कोई भी अधीनस्ट्थ अजधकारी, समुजर्त सरकार द्वारा घोजित महामारी
अथवा जवश्वव्यापी बीमारी से प्रभाजवत क्षेत्र, की ककसी स्ट्थापना अथवा फैक्ट्री म ें कायचरत इस योिना के ककसी भी सदस्ट्य से
आवेदन प्राप्त होन े पर, ऐसे सदस्ट्य के भजवष्य जनजध खात े से उसके तीन माह के मलू वेतन और मंहगाई भत्ते अथवा उसके खात े
में िमा राजि के 75% तक के नॉन-ररफंडेबल अजग्रम, िो भी कम हो, की अनुमजत दे सकता ह।ै ”।
[फा. स.ं एस-35012/01/2020-एसएस-II(पाटच.)]
आर.के. गुप् ता, संयुक्ट् त सजर्व
1629 GI/2020 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]
नोट : कमचर्ारी भजवष्य जनजध योिना, 1952, भारत के रािपत्र, असाधारण, भाग II, खंड 3, उप-खंड (i) में संख् या
. .आ. 1509, कदनांक 2 जसतंबर, 1952 द्वारा प्रकाजित की गई थी और संख् या . . . 284(अ) कदनांक
4 अप्रलै , 2019 द्वारा अंजतम बार संिोजधत ककया गया था।
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 27th March, 2020
G.S.R. 225(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 5 read with sub-section (1) of section 7
of the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (19 of 1952), the Central
Government hereby makes the following Scheme further to amend the Employees’ Provident Funds Scheme,
1952, namely:––
1. (1) This Scheme may be called the Employees’ Provident Funds (Amendment) Scheme, 2020.
(2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Employees’ Provident Funds Scheme, 1952, in paragraph 68L, after sub-paragraph (2), the following
sub-paragraph shall be inserted, namely:-––
―(3) The Commissioner or, where so authorised by the Commissioner, any officer subordinate to him,
may, on an application from any member of this Scheme employed in any establishment or factory located
in an area declared as affected by outbreak of any epidemic or pandemic by the appropriate Government,
permit a non-refundable advance from the provident fund account of such member not exceeding the basic
wages and dearness allowances of that member for three months or up to seventy-five per cent. of the
amount standing to his credit in the Fund, whichever is less.‖.
[F. No. S-35012/01/2020-SS-II(Pt.)]
R. K. GUPTA, Jt. Secy.
Note : The Employees’ Provident Funds Scheme, 1952 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary,
Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number S.R.O. 1509, dated the 2nd September, 1952 and was
last amended vide number G.S.R. 284(E), dated the 4 th April, 2019.
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