Reforms in the EPF and ESI

 

Reforms in the EPF and ESI

Posted On: 20 JUL 2023 5:31PM by PIB Delhi

The Employees’ Provident Funds and MiscellaneousProvisions (EPF & MP) Act, 1952 is applicable to factories and notified classes of establishment employing twenty or more employees with monthly EPF wages up to Rs.15,000/- per month.Similarly, the Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) Act, 1948 is applicable to all factories and establishments employing ten or more persons working in organized sector drawing wages up to Rs.21000/- (Rs. 25,000/- for persons with disabilities).

The Code on Social Security, 2020 (the Code) notified on 29.09.2020 and envisages, inter-alia, framing of schemes for unorganised workers. Further, the Code for the first time enables an establishment having less than ten persons to join ESIC on voluntary basis. The provisions of the Code relating to Employees’ Provident Fund is applicable to every establishment in which 20 or more employees are employed without any reference to scheduled establishments.

The Government has launched e-Shram portal on 26.08.2021 for registration and creation of a Comprehensive National Database of Unorganized Workers. The details of State/UT- wise count of unorganised workers registered on e-Shram portal as on 13 th July, 2023 are at Annexure-I.

There are 6.85 crores EPF contributing members [Universal Account Numbers (UANs contributed at least once)] in Financial Year 2022-2023, the State/UT-wise details are at Annexure-II. The State/UT-wise details of number of Labourers covered under ESI Scheme are at Annexure-III.

 

Annexure-I

 

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (d) OF RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 95 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.07.2023 BY SMT. SEEMA DWIVEDI HON’BLE M.P. REGARDING ‘REFORMS IN THE EPF AND ESI’

 

Sl. No.	State/UT	Total Registration (As on 13th July 2023)
1	ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS	29,109
2	ANDHRA PRADESH	79,93,131
3	ARUNACHAL PRADESH	1,42,395
4	ASSAM	69,77,606
5	BIHAR	2,86,28,531
6	CHANDIGARH	1,74,548
7	CHHATTISGARH	83,20,247
8	DELHI	32,63,970
9	GOA	63,122
10	GUJARAT	1,13,34,388
11	HARYANA	52,70,537
12	HIMACHAL PRADESH	19,29,421
13	JAMMU AND KASHMIR	34,02,936
14	JHARKHAND	92,04,463
15	KARNATAKA	76,23,738
16	KERALA	59,11,220
17	LADAKH	30,854
18	LAKSHADWEEP	2,455
19	MADHYA PRADESH	1,71,21,425
20	MAHARASHTRA	1,36,80,517
21	MANIPUR	4,06,779
22	MEGHALAYA	3,01,257
23	MIZORAM	58,614
24	NAGALAND	2,19,942
25	ODISHA	1,33,42,365
26	PUDUCHERRY	1,78,944
27	PUNJAB	55,06,500
28	RAJASTHAN	1,29,57,097
29	SIKKIM	30,673
30	TAMIL NADU	84,70,282
31	TELANGANA	42,06,937
32	THE DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN & DIU	73,256
33	TRIPURA	8,51,823
34	UTTAR PRADESH	8,30,59,043
35	UTTARAKHAND	29,79,437
36	WEST BENGAL	2,58,52,865
	Total	28,96,00,427