This document is a notification from the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India, published in the Gazette of India on January 14, 2016, as G.S.R. 25(E). It enacts the Employees' Provident Funds Amendment Scheme, 2016, which amends the Employees' Provident Funds Scheme, 1952. The amendment, effective from the date of publication, modifies paragraph 72, subparagraph 5 of the 1952 scheme by inserting a proviso. This proviso grants the Central Provident Fund Commissioner the authority to allow members to submit claims directly to the Commissioner, under specified forms, manners, terms, and conditions determined by the Commissioner. The notification is issued under 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 notification was issued by Manish Gupta, Joint Secretary. The original Employees Provident Funds Scheme, 1952 was published vide notification number S.R.O. 1509 and lastly amended vide notification number G.S.R. 666(E) dated the 27th August, 2015.
Key Entities Referenced
Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952: A labour welfare legislation in India providing for financial security to industrial workers.
Central Government: The Union Government of India, responsible for enacting and implementing the scheme.
Employees' Provident Funds Scheme, 1952: The principal scheme being amended by this notification, providing for provident fund benefits to employees.
Employees' Provident Funds Amendment Scheme, 2016: The short title of the amendment scheme introduced by this notification.
Official Gazette: The official government publication where the notification is to be published to bring it into force.
Central Provident Fund Commissioner: The authority responsible for permitting members to submit claims directly, under the amended scheme.
Manish Gupta: Joint Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India.
Ministry of Labour and Employment: The ministry responsible for the notification.
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MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 14th January, 2016.
G.S.R 25(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, 2016.
(2) It shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Employees’ Provident Funds Scheme, 1952, in paragraph 72, in sub-paragraph (5), after clause
(f), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely :-
“Provided that notwithstanding anything contained in this sub-paragraph, the Central
Provident Fund Commissioner may permit a member to submit his claim, in such form and manner,
and on such terms and conditions as may be specified by him in this regard, directly to the
Commissioner.”
[F. No. S-35012/6/2015-SS.II]
MANISH 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 notification number S.R.O. 1509 and lastly amended vide notification
number G.S.R. 666(E) dated the 27th August, 2015.
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