‘UNORGANISED SECTOR WORKERS TO GET SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS’
NEW DELHI: Union Minister of State (I/C) for Labour & Employment Santosh Gangwar has praised the efforts of Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) to digitalise the services to accelerate the claims settlement of EPFO beneficiaries in provident fund, pension & insurance.
While inaugurating 66th foundation day celebrations of EPFO on Thursday, Gangwar said that the government is sincerely working to bring unorganised sector workers within the social security net. The minister also inaugurated online facility of “claim receipt entry” at 117 district offices of EPFO by integrating them digitally. It would help members to cut down upon long distance travels for claim submission. It will further help in checking the progress online.
The Union Minister further said that Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana (PMRPY) is yielding good results as about 85 lakh new employees have benefitted from this scheme and the government has contributed Rs 2,405 crore in the scheme.
The PMRPY has been launched to motivate employers to give new employment. The government is giving 12 per cent employer’s contribution (8.33 per cent EPS and 3.67 per cent EPF) for three years on new employees and more than one crore members have been added in the fold of EPFO and ESIC in last two years.
The minister further said that he has asked officials to implement grievance redressal mechanism effectively and complete all the complaints and enquiry cases regarding employees in a timebound manner.