Payment of EPF.

   Employees of a liquidated company can file their claim for provident fund, duly attested by any of the following authorized persons:

    Member of Parliament;

    Member of Legislative Assembly;

    Magistrate;

    A Gazetted Officer;

    Sarpanch of the Village;

    Manager of the Bank in which the Bank Account of the claimant is maintained; and

    Notary Public, etc.

 

   As per the provisions contained in the Employees’ Provident Funds Scheme, 1952, claims of a member, completed in all respect, is to be settled within 30 days of its receipt in the office Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO).

   This information was given by the Union Labour & Employment Minister Shri Mallikarjun Kharge in reply to a written question in the Lok Sabha today.

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