Labour ministry has issued
a directive on 20 December to EPFO (Employees Provident Fund Organization) to
"embed" the Aadhaar number in bank accounts of beneficiaries in 43
districts by December 31.
"There is an urgent
need to seed (or embed) Aadhaar numbers in the (bank) accounts of beneficiaries
who receive benefits under the various schemes of EPFO," says the
communication from the union Labour ministry.
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"The ministry
has decided that seeding of Aadhaar numbers of beneficiaries be completed by
December 31, 2012, for 43 districts, and for beneficiaries in other districts
as early as possible," it added. The schemes administered by EPFO include provident fund and pension.
EPFO department already
pays the benefit directly to employee’s bank account using NEFT (National
Electronic Fund transfer). Labour Ministry asks the EPFO department that these
bank accounts must be Aadhar card enabled as soon as possible.
But the problem is that in
this circular that what in the case when the employees have not Aadhar card
till now. There are only 22 crores Aadhar card issued by the government to the
people.
Government wants to
transfer the subsidy amount direct to bank account and with this belief,
government wants to have Aadhar card enabled saving account of the employees
for transfer the EPFO benefits. But the employees are not informed either by
the government or by the EPFO department about this new rule.
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