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4 Apr 2016 — No news on permanent roll back of withdrawal rules after the CBT meeting held on Mar 29, 2016 during which one of the trustees questioned the merits of the new rules.

Unfortunately, it looks the recent temporary hold is to make necessary changes in the EPFO systems for implementing these rules and is not the outcome of discussions during the CBT meeting. Read more at http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Confusion-in-EPFO-over-new-rules-payment-of-interest/articleshow/51433608.cms

The garment industry workers in Tamil nadu are on strike demanding withdrawal of these rules. While this is a good starting point, we need to create more pressure on EPFO and Govt. to roll back these rules permanently at the earliest.

Honestly, so far, we could not create any pressure on EPFO through this petition. So friends, let us use all possible means to spread this to media and opposition parties to bring pressure on EPFO and Govt. to roll back the withdrawal rules.

Till then, share the petition and say #NoEPFWithdrawalLimits

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Madhya Pradesh Minimum wages from 1st Apr 2016 to 30th Sep-2016

Minimum Wages-Madhya Pradesh

Prakash Consultancy Services

April 4, 2016

Madhya Pradesh Minimum wages from 1st Apr 2016 to 30th Sep-2016 the respective schedule of employment is as under

Scheduled Employment



Agriculture
Blanket Manufacturing
Bone Mills
Brick Kilns
Cement pole or manufacture of Cement products.
Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals
Constructions, and maintenance of Irrigation works
Cotton Ginning and Pressing
Engineering Industry
Food Products (including cakes, biscuits, confectionary, Ice-cream & Ice-candy, Beverages)
Forest and Forestry
Fuel Coke
Handloom Industry
Katha Industry
Khandsari Industry
Kosa Industry
Lime Kiln
Local Authority
Murra Peha
Oil Mills
Plastic Industry
Potteries including manufacture of refractory goods, fire bricks, sanitary works, insulators tiles (excluding those made from cement) stone wire pipes, furnace lining bricks & other ceramic goods
Power Loom (including sizing and processing)
Printing Press
Public Motor Transport
Ramraj or Geru
Rice Mill, Floor Mill, or Dal Mill
Construction and maintenance of Roads and building operation
Saw Mill
Shop,Commercial establishment, Residential Hotel and Theatre
Stone breaking or stone crushing
Tobacco (including beedi making Manufactory)
Tiles Manufactory (excluding Cement titles)
Any Establishment in which manufacturing activity as defined under section 2 (K) of the Factories Act is carried out and is not covered under any of the other scheduled employments

Necessary Notification is enclsoed for your kind perusal

Madhya Pradesh Minimum wages 1st Apr 2016 to 30th Sep-2016

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Centre to bring uniformity in wages across India: Dattatraya

Labour News

Prakash Consultancy Services

April 4, 2016

Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatraya informed that the Central Government was proposing to bring uniformity in wages of labourers across the country.

Addressing a press conference at Provident Fund office at Barkatpura here on Saturday, Dattatraya said that the minimum wages for labourers were different in all States. Therefore, by raising the minimum wages, the Centre proposes to make them uniform across the country. He said that the Central Government was taking several steps for the welfare of labourers.

Dattatraya said that the NDA Government has brought transparency in the functioning of Employees’ Provident Fund while the process to withdraw PF amount has been simplified.

The Union Minister informed that 85.17 lakh workers are employed by 39,864 industries across Telangana State. He said nearly 36 lakh employees have PG accounts. He said that the Centre would make it compulsory for all units with 10 employees to register for Provident Fund and a new legislation would be soon introduced in this regard.

Dattatraya said that the children of Beedi workers were not getting scholarships for the last four years. He said that the Centre has recently released Rs. 10.43 crore to provide scholarships to 1.30 lakh students

@courtesy http://www.siasat.com/news/

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Chattisgarh Minimum wages Hiked from 1st Apr 2016 to 30th Sep-2016

Minimum Wages- Chhattisgarh

Prakash Consultancy Services

April 2, 2016

Chattisgarh Minimum wages Hiked from 1st Apr 2016 to 30th Sep-2016

Chhattisgarh Minimum wages Hiked from 1st Apr 2016 to 30th Sep-2016 the rate of the following industry is mentioned below:-

Blanket Manufacturing/
Bone Mills
Brick Kilns
Cement pole or manufacture of cement products
Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals
Constructions, and maintenance of Irrigation works
Cotton Ginning and Pressing
Engineering Industry
Food Products
Forest and Forestry
Fuel Coke
Handloom Industry
Katha Industry
Khandsari Industry
Kosa Industry
Lime Kiln
Murra Peha Industry
Oil Mills
Plastic Industry
Potteries
Power Loom
Printing Press
Public Motor Transport
Ramraj or Geru
Rice Mill, Flour Mill, or Dal Mill
Road Construction, maintenance operation
Saw Mill
Shop Commercial establishment, Hotels and Restaurants
Slate Pencil Manufactory
Stone breaking or stone crushing
Tobacco (including Beedi making) Manufactory
Tiles Manufacturer

Notification:-Minimum wages 01.04.2016-Chattisgarh

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Gujarat Minimum wages 1st Apr 2016 to 30th Sep-2016

Minimum Wages - Gujarat

Prakash Consultancy Services

April 1, 2016

Dear all,

Gujarat Minimum wages 1st Apr 2016 to 30th Sep-2016

Employment Category	DA Per Day
Sweeping/Cleaning work	Rs 25.10
Brick Manufacturing/ Jari Work/ Ready made garment/Tailoring/Salt work/ Tobacco/Cigarette Manufacturing	Rs 107.30
Beside above Category & Agarbatti Manufacturing & other category i.e. Shop & Establishment /Hotel & Restaurant Etc.	Rs 19.80

The respective notification is enclosed for your ready reference

A detail in English Breakup is also Enclosed pls click below

Gujarat Minimum wages 1st Apr 2016 to 30th Sep 2016

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Delhi Minimum wages 1st Apr 2016 to 30th Sep 2016

Minimum Wages-Delhi

Prakash Consultancy Services

April 1, 2016

Dear all,

Enclosed is the Minimum wages of Delhi W.E.F 1st Apr 2016 to 30th Sep-2016

The rates in respect of un-skilled, semi-skilled and skilled categories

Un-Skilled :Rs.9568/- per month and Rs.368/- per day.
Semi-Skilled :Rs.10582/- per month and Rs.407/- per day.
Skilled :Rs.11622/- per month and Rs.447/- per day.

The rates in respect of Clerical and Supervisory Staff.

Non Matriculates :Rs.10582/- per month and Rs.407/- per day.
Matriculates but not Graduates :Rs.11622/- per month and Rs.447/- per day.

Graduates and above :Rs.12622/- per month and Rs.487/- per day.

Delhi Minimum Wages 1st Apr 2016 to 30th Sep 2016

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Central VDA from 1st Apr 2016 to 30th Sep-2016

Minimum Wages-Central

Prakash Consultancy Services

April 1, 2016

Pls find enclosed the Central VDA as declared yesterday for the period 1st Apr 2016 to 30th Sep-2016

Central VDA 1st Apr 2016 to 30th Sep-2016

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Uttapradesh Minimu wages 1st Apr 2016 to 30th Sep-2016

Minimum Wages-Uttarpradesh

Prakash Consultancy Services

March 31, 2016

Uttapradesh Minimu wages 1st Apr 2016 to 30th Sep-2016

Dear All

Uttar Pradesh Minimum wages 1st Apr 2016 to 30th Sep-2016

Category	Basic	DA	Total wages
Unskilled	7108	274	7382
Semi-Skilled	7818	301	8119
Skilled	8758	331	9095

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EPFO all set to review withdrawal norms

Provident fund -News

Prakash Consultancy Services

March 31, 2016

The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) board will next month review a decision to restrict withdrawals amid widespread criticism. On Tuesday, union representatives flagged the concern at the meeting of the central board of trustees and suggested that the move should be rolled back, said two sources who attended the deliberations.

“The intent was different when the proposal was discussed. But what has been implemented is completely different and against the interests of subscribers,” said a source who demanded a reversal.

Sources said with manpower restructuring consuming a bulk of the time, labour miniter Bandaru Dattatreya suggested the issue be discussed threadbare at the next board meeting. “It is an executive decision, which can be easily reversed,” said a trustee. Since early February, EPFO barred withdrawal of the employer’s contribution to PF accounts till a subscriber turned 58 years. Earlier, the entire corpus could be withdrawn if someone was unemployed for two months.

With the implementation of Unique Account Number, which allowed portability in case of a subscriber switching jobs, EPFO decided to restrict withdrawals so that subscribers had a corpus at the time of retirement which they could use. “Why should EPFO or anyone else decide how and when I withdraw?” argued a trustee, making a case for reversal of the earlier order.

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EPFO to give interest on inoperative Accounts

Provident Fund Benefits

Prakash Consultancy Services

March 30, 2016

Reversing a five-year-old decision, the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation’s top decision-making body, the Central Board of Trustees, has decided to pay interest on all inoperative EPF accounts from April 1 onwards. Inoperative EPF accounts are those that have not received any contribution from employees or employers for 36 months. The move will benefit 90 million account holders with deposits of over Rs. 27,000 crore, but it will not apply retrospectively.

Millions of organised sector employees will start receiving interest payments on their inoperative Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) savings from April 1 this year. Inoperative EPF accounts are those where there have been no contributions by an employee or their employer for 36 months.

Reversing its five-year-old decision which barred inoperative EPF accounts from earning interest, the Central Board of Trustees (CBT), the highest decision making body of the EPF organisation, on 29.3.2016 decided to pay interest on all such accounts. The new rule, however, will not apply retrospectively, EPFO officials said.

The decision to stop the payment of interest to such accounts was taken in 2011 in order to dissuade workers from making their accounts inactive and encourage them from merging them with an active one. A move to review earlier decision comes in the backdrop of new EPF rules introduced in February, 2016 that bar employees from withdrawing their entire PF amount till they turn 58.

“Under the new rules, when one can’t withdraw the entire amount even after being jobless for two months why should not the government pay interest on the accumulated money,” DL Sachdeva, the national secretary of All India Trade Union Congress and a member of the CBT, told HT.

On April 1, 2011 an amendment to EPF rules barred interest payments to accounts inoperative for more than 36 months.

“UPA government stopped interest on inoperative accounts. Now we have taken a pro-worker decision. The UPA government, which was claiming to be a pro-worker, stopped the interest on inoperative accounts. Now we have decided to credit interest in inoperative accounts,” labour minister Bandaru Dattatreya said after the CBT meeting

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