Workers in J&K and Ladakh will be covered by EPFO soon

Following the abrogation of Article 370, the Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952, will be implemented in the Union Territories (UTs) of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. The move, which will bring establishments and workers in the two UTs within the ambit of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), was approved at a meeting of the EPFO’s Central Board of Trustees (CBT) last week. At present, they are covered by the J&K Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation. EPFO’s Central Board of Trustees, led by Labour Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar, has authorised the Central Provident Fund Commissioner to implement the move. “The implementation of the EPF and MP Act, 1952, in the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh was approved by the CBT in its meeting held in Hyderabad on August 21,” said Michael Dias, Member, CBT.