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Regional Provident Fund Commissioner M. Subrahmanyam has urged employers successful Karnataka to actively enactment successful the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana (PM-VBRY) and to marque afloat usage of the Employees’ Enrolment Scheme 2025 introduced by the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) nether the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
Addressing a property league astatine his bureau successful Kalaburagi connected Wednesday, Mr. Subrahmanyam said that the PM-VBRY, which came into effect from August 1, 2025, was aimed astatine incentivising the instauration of implicit 3.5 crore jobs crossed India wrong 2 years, with an outlay of ₹99,446 crore. The strategy encourages employers to make caller jobs portion extending fiscal benefits to some employers and first-time employees, helium added.
“Under Part A, first-time employees registered with the EPFO and earning up to ₹1 lakh per period volition person an inducement equivalent to 1 month’s EPF wage, up to ₹15,000, successful 2 instalments. The archetypal instalment volition beryllium paid aft six months of service, and the 2nd aft 1 year, on with completion of a fiscal literacy course,” helium said.
According to the officer, the strategy volition payment the employers arsenic good nether Part B, which offers incentives of up to ₹3,000 per period for each further worker retained for astatine slightest six months. “Establishments registered with EPFO indispensable prosecute astatine slightest 2 caller employees (if their workforce is beneath 50) oregon 5 (if 50 oregon more) to qualify. For the manufacturing sector, the inducement play volition widen up to 4 years,” helium said adding that payments would beryllium made straight to employees via Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to their Aadhaar-linked accounts and to employers to their PAN-linked accounts
Six-month model for voluntary enrolment nether EPFO
Giving details connected the Employees’ Enrolment Scheme 2025 launched connected November 1, Mr. Subrahmanyam said that strategy would supply a six-month model for employers to voluntarily enrol eligible workers who, for immoderate reason, were near retired of EPF sum betwixt July 1, 2017, and October 31, 2025. The strategy volition stay unfastened till April 30, 2026, helium added.
“The strategy promotes voluntary compliance, ensures cosmopolitan EPF inclusion, and simplifies past regularisation. The employee’s stock for the declared play volition beryllium waived, portion the leader needs to remit lone their share, interest, administrative charges, and a nominal punishment of ₹100 per establishment,” helium said.
When asked, the serviceman clarified that nary ineligible enactment would beryllium taken against establishments that voluntarily comply nether this scheme, which supports the government’s extremity of ‘Social Security for All.’
Digital submission of beingness certificate done Jeevan Pramaan
Mr. Subrahmanyam appealed to pensioners to marque usage of Jeevan Pramaan (Digital Life Certificate) – a strategy that allows them to authenticate their individuality done facial designation utilizing immoderate Android smartphone with a 5MP beforehand camera and net access.
“Pensioners tin download the ‘AadhaarFaceRd’ and ‘Jeevan Pramaan Face’ apps from the Google Play Store, authenticate themselves done Aadhaar-linked slope oregon station bureau accounts, and taxable their integer beingness certificates online without visiting offices. This inaugural volition marque pension disbursal seamless and convenient for elder citizens, particularly those successful distant areas,” helium said.
He besides informed that EPS-95 pensioners tin present taxable their Life Certificates digitally astatine immoderate clip of the year, with each certificate valid for 1 twelvemonth from the day of submission. Certificates tin beryllium submitted done banks, Common Service Centres (CSCs), India Post oregon IPPB offices oregon postmen, the MANG app, oregon EPFO offices by keeping their PPO number, Aadhaar number, slope details, and Aadhaar-linked mobile fig ready.
Account Officers Madan Kulkarni and Arslam Kittur were present.
