Date: 2018-12-07Category: Extra OrdinaryState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
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
This notification, G.S.R. 1182(E), issued by the Ministry of Labour and Employment on December 6, 2018, announces the Employees Provident Funds Amendment Scheme, 2018. This scheme, which comes into effect on the date of its publication, amends the Employees Provident Funds Scheme of 1952. The amendment inserts paragraph 68HH, which allows a member, on ceasing employment in a covered establishment, to withdraw a non-refundable advance of up to 75% of their Fund credit if they have been continuously unemployed for at least one month prior to application. The authority for this scheme is derived from section 5 read with subsection 1 of section 7 of the Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (19 of 1952). The notification was issued under F. No. S-35012/8/2018-SS.II and signed by R. K. Gupta, Joint Secretary. The principal Scheme was published under S.R.O. 1509, dated September 2, 1952 and last amended vide number G.S.R. 436(E) dated May 4, 2017.
Key Entities Referenced
Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952: A labour law in India that provides for financial security and social welfare for employees.
Employees Provident Funds Scheme, 1952: A scheme under the Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952, that provides for savings to employees for their retirement or other needs.
Employees Provident Funds Amendment Scheme, 2018: An amendment to the Employees Provident Funds Scheme, 1952.
Ministry of Labour and Employment: The Indian government ministry responsible for labour and employment policies.
New Delhi: The capital of India, where the notification was issued.
Central Government: The executive authority of the Republic of India.
Official Gazette: A public journal and legal newspaper of the government.
R. K. GUPTA: The Joint Secretary who signed the notification.
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7162 GI/2018 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 6th December, 2018
G.S.R. 1182(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, 2018.
(2) It shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Employees’ Provident Funds Scheme, 1952, after paragraph 68H, the following shall be inserted, namely:-
“68HH. Non-refundable advance to a member in case of continuous un-employment for a period of
not less than one month.- The Commissioner or, where so authorised by the Commissioner, any other officer
subordinate to him, may permit a member, on ceasing to be an employee in any factory or establishment to
which the Act applies, a non-refundable advance upto seventy-five percent of the amount standing to his credit in
the Fund, if he has not been employed in any factory or other establishment for a continuous period of not less
than one month immediately preceding the date on which he makes an application for such non-refundable
advance.”.
[F. No. S-35012/8/2018-SS-II]
R. K. GUPTA, Jt. Secy.
Note: The principal Scheme 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. 436(E) dated the
4th May, 2017.
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