How to change name & date of Birth Online in EPFO
The contribution you make towards your Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) from your monthly pay is a sort of forced savings that can help in amassing a portion of your retirement corpus. At times, the name and date of birth in the provident fund (PF) statement is not correct and does not match with what is there in your Aadhaar details The ultimate objective behind this is to ensure that funds are made available in a timely manner Hence it is important to ensure that every EPF / EPS member has provided correct information of his/her details to enable settlement of funds in a seamless manner. –Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) allows subscribers to Modify the details of their Provident Fund (PF) accounts online via its official portal- unifiedportal-mem.epfindia.gov.in. This can then result in unnecessary delays and hassles when you try to withdraw the money at the time of retirement
Requirements to Change Name or date of birth
- You should have the UAN
2. The UAN should be activated
3. You can access the unified member portal
4. You must have the Aadhaar.
Valid documents eligible for change/update date of birth in EPF UAN
- Birth Certificate issued by Registrar of Births and Deaths.
2. Any School/Education related certificate.
3. Certificate-based on the service records of the Central/State Government Organizations.
4. Any other reliable documents issued by government departments.
5. In the absence of proof of birth as above, a Medical Certificate was issued by Civil Surgeon after examining the member medically and supported with an affidavit on oath by the member duly authenticated by a Competent Court.
6.Aadhaar/e-Aadhaar-The change of date of birth shall be accepted as per Aadhaar/e-Aadhaar up to the maximum range of plus or minus of THREE YEARS of the date of birth recorded earlier with EPFO. (Earlier it was just one year. However, superseding all earlier notifications, EPFO released a new notification on 3rd April 2020 and extended the period to 3 years).
Phased Programme for Implementation of ESI Scheme for the year 2021-22 target date 31st Mar 2022
Kindly refer to Letter No.X-11/14/03/2017-P&D dated 14.10.2020 on the above-cited subject wherein the district-wise Phased Programme of Implementation for the year 2020-21 was conveyed as per Vision – 2022. The targets for 2020-21 could not be achieved due to the non-completion of medical arrangements during the COVID pandemic. Now, a new consolidated target for 2021-22 is enclosed which includes the pending districts not notified during the year 2020-21 in the target of notification.
It is also to inform you that the Code on Social security, 2020 (Act 36 of 2020) has been notified. The effective date of implementation is also expected to be notified shortly. The code subsumes the ESI Act, 1948 along with eight other central enactments in the field of Social Security. Once notified, the entire area of the country shall be implemented for the purposes of the ESI Scheme. Therefore, it is imperative to make medical arrangements in all areas within this financial year itself.
The targets for the year 2021-22 are enclosed as Annexure -A with the request that necessary steps may be taken on priority for implementing the scheme in the districts shown in the Annexure.
In view of the above, the State Govt. is requested to take steps to complete the medical arrangement in the districts for delivery of medical care to the Insured Persons and their family members so as to enable ESIC to take further action for the issue of notification well in time for implementing the Scheme
| Partially to the entire area of the district pending for notification – 176 |
| Non Implemented to the entire area of the district pending notification  – 147 |
Bharat ka Amrut Mahotsav – E-Nomination to be initiated by the Employee in EPFO
How to Submit EPF/ EPS e-Nomination Online:
- Want to submit EPF/ EPS e-Nomination Online?
- Here is how you can do it easily. Ensuring social security to one’s family is of great importance.
- The members of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) can file the nomination for Employee Provident Fund (EPF) also referred to as Provident Fund (PF) and Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS) online digitally. The EPFO members can log in to the official EPFO website at epfindia.gov.in
File your e-nomination today to get Provident Fund (PF), Pension (EPS), and Insurance (EDLI) benefit online
n order to submit EPF/EPS nomination digitally, one has to follow some simple steps. They are as follows:
Step 1: One has to visit the official EPFO website at epfindia.gov.in. Then one has to choose the ‘ Service’ option. Again, one has to choose the ‘For Employees’ option. Now, one has to click on ‘Member UAN/ Online Service (OCS/OTP)
Step 2: Then one has to go login with UAN and password
Step 3: Now, one has to select ‘E-nomination’ under ‘ Manage Tab’
Step 4: Next ‘Provide Details’ tab will appear on the screen and one has to click on ‘Save’
Step 5: One has to click on ‘Yes’ to update the family declaration
Step 6: After this, one has to click ‘Add Family Details’. It has to be noted that more than one nominee can be added
Step 7: Now, one has to click ‘Nomination Details’ to declare the total amount of share. Then one has to click on ‘Save EPF Nomination’
Step 8: Finally, one has to click on ‘E-sign’ to generate OTP and submit the OTP on a mobile number linked with Aadhaar
One must note that after this process, the e-nomination will be registered with EPFO. After e-nomination, there is no need to send any documents to the employer or ex-employer.
For more details pls refer to the video wherewith the screenshot we have tried to show the process of the E-nomination
ESIC updated list of SST Tie up hospitals in Maharasthra region
Listed below are the additional ESIC updated list of SST Tie up hospitals in the Maharasthra region
EPF Death case to be resolved in three days
Good News from EPFO all Pension Cases in General & death cases, in particular, are to settle in three days
- All PPO to be generated and dispatchec to the nominated bank as per the KYC of the Member or Nominee of the deceased member in 7 days
- All necessary steps to be taken to ensure that settlement of death cases are resolved by taking personel interest to help the nominee of the decesaed member.
Employees’ State Insurance Corporation, do hereby notifies ESIC COVID19 RELIEF SCHEME
The Ministry of Labour and Employment has announced additional benefits for workers through ESIC to address the fear and anxiety of workers about well-being of their family members due to increase in incidences of death due to COVID -19 pandemic. Enhanced social security is sought to be provided to the workers without any additional cost
to the employer.
Currently for the Insured Persons (IPs) under ESIC, after death or disablement of the IP due to employment injury a pension equivalent to 90% of average daily wage drawn by the worker is available to the spouse and widowed mother for life long and for children till they attain the age of 25 years. For the female child, the benefit is available till her marriage.
To support the families of Insured Persons (IP) under the ESIC scheme, it has been decided that, all dependent family
members of IPs who have been registered in the online portal of the ESIC prior to their diagnosis of COVID disease and
subsequent death due to the disease, will be entitled to receive the same benefits and in the same scale as received by the dependents of insured persons who die as a result of employment injury, subject to the following eligibility conditions
Scheme Eligibility
- Employee must have been registered three months prior to date of COVID-19 Diagnosis
- 70 days contribution within immediately preceding one year of COVID Diagnosis
Scheme Validity
The Scheme shall be effective for a period of two years w.e.f. 24.03.2020.
Benefits Under the Scheme
| Eligible Beneficiaries | Pension Term | Amount of Pension |
| Spouse | During Life | 3/5 * 90% of average daily wage |
| Two or more widows | During Life | 3/5/No. of widows * 90% of average daily wage |
| Each Legitimate or Adopted Son | Until the age of 25 years | 2/5 * 90% of average daily wage |
| Each Infirm Legitimate or Adopted Son | Until the Infirmity Lasts | 2/5 * 90% of average daily wage |
| Each Legitimate or Adopted unmarried daughter | Until the marriage | 2/5 * 90% of average daily wage |
| Each Infirm Legitimate or Adopted unmarried daughter | Until the Infirmity Lasts | 2/5 * 90% of average daily wage |
| Widowed Mother | During Life | 2/5 * 90% of average daily wage |
| Total Pension amount shall not exceed 90% of the average daily wage rate else the benefit shall be reduced proportionately |
| In absence of Above Beneficiaries | ||
| Parent | During Life | 3/10/No. of parents * 90% of average daily wage |
| Grand Parent | During Life | 3/10/No. of grand parents * 90% of average daily wage |
| Any other Male dependent | Until the age of 18 years | 2/10/No. of dependents * 90% of average daily wage |
| Any other Female dependent | Until the age of 18 years or marriage | 2/10/No. of dependents * 90% of average daily wage |
Scheme Implementation
The claimant shall submit below documents with nearest ESIC Branch Office:
- Form CRS-I.
- COVID-19 Positive Report .
- Death Certificate.
- Aadhaar/Birth Certificate of beneficiaries.
- Bank Passbook copy of beneficiary.
Power to decide the case shall be with the Regional Director/Sub regional office in charge.Death after recovery from COVID-19 shall also be considered if the death occurs within 30 days of the recovery or discharge. If the date of recovery cannot be ascertained then post COVID-19 death after 45 days of testing COVID-19 positive shall also be considered for relief under the scheme.
Time limit for approval of claim shall be 15 days from receipt of complete claim.
The minimum relief under the scheme shall be Rs 1800/- per month
Labour Welfare Fund (Gujarat) (Amendment) Rules, 2021
Government of Gujarat vide notification No:-KHR/2021/106/GWB/122021/7942 1/M(2) has removed the provision towards the maintenance of register in Form A under The Labour Welfare Fund (Gujarat) Rules,1962. Please refer to the notifications for more details.
Manipur Shop & Establishment Ordinance 2021
Governor of Manipur has promulgated an ordinance on The Manipur Shops And Establishments (Regulation Of Employment And Conditions Of Service) Ordinance, 2021. As per the ordinance,
- It shall apply to all shops and establishments employing ten or more workers
- It shall come in to force at once
- Chief Faciliator appointed under Sub-section (1) of section 17
- Offence and Penalties has been increased ( Whoever  contravenes  the  provisions  of  this  Ordinance  or  the  rules  made thereunder shall be punishable with fine which may extend to two lakh rupees and in the case of a continuing  contravention,  with  an additional  fine which  may extend to two thousand rupees for every day during which such contravention  continues Provided that the total amount of fine shall not exceed two thousand rupees per worker employed.
Compliance Calendar-Pan India-Aug 2021
Appended below is the Pan India Compliance calendar for the month of Aug 2021, employer is under obligation to contribute towards some of the above-mentioned compliances for the welfare of the employees. Each of these compliances is again governed by a set of rules and formulas. It is proven to be a deliberate attempt to violate the provisions of the law, there could be imprisonment of the employer. Pls, comply with the same in time to avoid any future non-compliance so that hefty penalties and fines are not charged by the respective dept.
