Regional PF commissioner clarifies
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, March 19 2015:
North East Region, Guwahati regional PF commissioner has said that there have been reports of some persons or agencies visiting schools and establishment and wrongly providing information that employers and employees that if they contribute to NPS (National Pension system) under the employees provident fund and mis-cellaneous provisions of the Act 1952 is not mandatory.He clarified that for establish-ments coming under the purview of the employees' provident fund and misce-llaneous Provident Act 1952, contribution under this Act is mandatory.
At present there is no such notification or orders excluding eligible emplo-yees who contribute to NPS from contributing under the Act.
He directed that all establishments coming under the purview of the Act should mandatorily deposit the EPF contri-butions for eligible emplo-yees.
Failing to comply will attract penalty, interest and other legal provisions, he said.