V. Ranganath , acting Additional Central P.F. Commissioner of Punjab & Himachal Pradesh Zone, Chandigarh. along with EPF Commissioners Vishwajit Sagar and Rakesh Kumar addressing media persons on Tuesday at Chandigarh
Chandigarh , December , 12 , 2017 : " Take the maximum advantage of on online tools, Apps and services provided by Employees Provident Fund Organisation ( EPFO ) to keep yourself update and track PF and the social security schemes and provisions. Try to avoid withdrawing your share of PF during service to avail the pensioner benefits meant for social security after the retirement". This is the advisory conveyed to the lakhs of employees of the private sector covered under EPF by V. Ranganath, the acting Additional Central P.F. Commissioner of Punjab & Himachal Pradesh Zone, Chandigarh.
Addressing mediapersons here on Tuesday, Ranganath said there was total transparency in the working of EPFO now and the members can avail the online services regarding their PF for all purposes.
He highlighted the various new initiatives undertaken by the EPFO. The EPF Commissioners Vishwajit Sagar and Rakesh Kumar were also present. .
Ranganath emphasised that the frequent withdrawals from Provident Fund by the members was detrimental not only to the members but amounted to depriving the member’s families of the various associated covers such as Family Pension etc.
He spoke about the theme and philosophy behind the world’s premier Social Security Organisation; the importance of retaining long time membership and continued contribution to the Provident Fund and the Pension Fund by the members.
The EPFO officers also explained the slew of the new measures that have been taken assist the members as well as employers in achieving these goals and aspirations.
A detailed presentation was made on the IT initiatives taken by the EPFO to bring in transparency and introduce measures of ease of doing business by way of a highly interactive portal as well as the third party integrations that have been carried out. These integrations included newly introduced mobile based “UMANG” application and other collaboration measures such as those with Customer Service Centers, Multiple Banks, capturing of digital Life Certificate via Jeevan Parmaan etc.
The provision of the housing loan scheme available for the members of EPFO was also elaborated.
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