EPFO Jammu Hosts Nidhi Aapke Nikat 2.0 Program in Samba: A Platform for Awareness and Grievance Redressal
EPFO Jammu Hosts Nidhi Aapke Nikat 2.0 Program in Samba: A Platform for Awareness and Grievance Redressal
● Nidhi AapkeNikat2.0 programme held at Conference Hall D C Office, Samba.
● P. F. Commissioner, Shri Rizwan Uddin, RPFC- I, RO Jammu personally heard grievances of workers, employers.
EPFO Jammu, holds Nidhi Aapke Nikat 2.0, an awareness and outreach program at Conference Hall, DC Office Samba, Jammu at 10.30 AM on 27thNovember, 2024.
Employers and employees of areaswere sensitized about provisions of social security, besides covering themes of “UAN Activation Process” “Filing online claims” –. The aim of the program is to ensure broad based participation, awareness, and grievance redressal and information exchange network closer to the stakeholders of EPFO.
The P. F. Commissioner, Shri Rizwan Uddin, RPFC-I, RO Jammu, while addressing the employers that a number of employees are yet to be enrolled as members. For this necessary action would be against defaulting Establishments in fabrication, food industries, plastic and minerals in coordination with DIC, ALC and . Representatives, workers and industrial chambers were alsoadvised to avoid multiple claims so that quantum of Employees’ Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme, 1976.. Ms. Himani Jerath, Assistant Labour Commissioner, Samba (Nodal Officer) also joined the programme. Sh. Satya Prakash, Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner, EPFO and Sh, Devinder Singh, Enforcement Officer (District Nodal Officer), EPFO provided handhold support to the needy workers. PK Tyagi (CTM Kathua),Rohit Bharti (UPL Samba),Mohan Singh (Nichino India),Amit (Kokya Camlin),Adarsh Tickoo (Sudama Business Solution).
The programme focused on reaching out to the stakeholders and creating awareness about schemes of EPFO viz. PF, Pension, and Insurance, addressing queries and grievances of stakeholders, taking feedback and suggestions from stakeholders, employees, employers, Industry Association and Contractors. PF Commissioner appealed all the industries to extend the Social Security benefits to all the eligible employees from the very first day of their joining in the establishment. Handholding session was also held to sensitize the employers about PF provisions and modalities. Important initiatives of EPFO such as Employment Linked Incentive Scheme (ELI), UAN Activation, e-Nomination, Online Claim Filing, Principal Employer Dashboard, and updation of KYC in UAN, etc.were touched upon. Grievances related to the updation of member profile through Joint Declaration, Death Cases were heard and registered during the program.
Enrollment of the members, UAN Activation, Bank & Aadhaar Seeding, online claim filing, filing of e-nominations, e-sign, filing ECR werealso covered in the program. Further, a special Pension help desk will be setup in the Camp under NAN 2.0 for pension related issues/grievances. The issues related to pension were addressed on spot in the program.
The Universal account Number (UAN) activation process is straight forward and can be complete using Adhaar based OTP by following the basic steps:
1.Go to EPFO Member Portal.
2.Click on the “Activate UAN” link under “Important links”.
3.Enter your UAN, Aadhaar number, name, DOB and Aadhaar linked mobile number.
4.Employees should ensure their mobile number is Aadhaar-linked to access the full range of EPFO’s digital services.
5.Agree to Aadhaar OTP verification.
6.Click “Get Authorization PIN” to receive an OTP on your Aadhaar-linked mobile number.
7.Enter the OTP to complete the activation.
8.A password will be sent to your registered mobile number upon successful activation.
Services and benefits of “Social Security”– through Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995 and of Employees’ Deposit Linked Insurance Schemes, 1976 – where quantum of insurance is up to Rupees Seven Lakhs, are being rendered to employees of Union Territory of Jammu &Kashmir with effect from November 2019 onwards. EPFO, Jammu, is open to every valuable suggestion at the Nidhi Aapke Nikat 2.0 programme.
EMPLOYEES’ PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION
REGIONAL OFFICE JAMMU
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