As many as 1,20,279 people have implemented on line to choose better pension below Employees` Pension Scheme 1995 (EPS-ninety five) until March 9, 2023, Parliament become knowledgeable on Thursday.
In November closing year, the Supreme Court had requested the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) to provide 4 months time to subscribers in addition to pensioners to make a contribution on their real salaries toward EPS-ninety five.
Many EPFO subscribers were contributing on threshold (pensionable earnings) of ₹ 15,000 in line with month that is much less than their real pay. This alternative will permit beneficiaries to get better pension eventually.
"Till 09.03.2023, 1,20,279 applications/ joint alternatives had been implemented on line at Unified Portal of EPFO with the aid of using the personnel," Minister of State for Labour and Employment Rameswar Teli stated in a written respond to Rajya Sabha.
The overall range of beneficiaries according with the guidelines given withinside the Supreme Court judgement of November 4, 2022 will depend on the personnel workout the joint alternative and the range of such personnel who're eligible, the minister explained.
The quantum of month-to-month pension payout for such pensioners will depend on the range of eligible individuals workout the choice for pension at better earnings, he added.
As in line with commands issued with the aid of using EPFO according with the Supreme Court's judgment, the joint alternative for pension on better wages is to be had to simplest the ones personnel wherein employee's and employer's contributions had been on real earnings exceeding the established salary ceiling and who did now no longer workout joint alternative below para 11(3) of the pre-change EPS-ninety five (because deleted) even as being individuals of EPS-ninety five and had been individuals previous to September 1, 2014 and persisted to be individuals on or after September 1, 2014, he stated.
In some other respond to the House, the minister stated that as on March 10, 2023, a complete of 28.sixty four crore unorganised people were registered on eShram portal.
As on March 31, 2022 a complete of 3,250 representations were lodged withinside the Grievance Management System claiming for unintentional deaths/ incapacity with the aid of using eShram registrants, he added.
He additionally instructed the House that as on March 13, 2023, 2.seventy nine crore home and family people have registered on eShram portal out of which 2.sixty seven crore are women.
In some other respond, Rameswar Teli stated as a step toward implementation of the all 4 Labour Codes, guidelines are required to be framed with the aid of using the significant authorities in addition to with the aid of using kingdom governments.
The significant authorities and some of states/Union Territories (UTs) have pre-posted guidelines below the 4 Labour Codes.
As in line with to be had information, five, 8, 8 and 10 States/UTs have now no longer to this point pre-posted draft guidelines below the Code on Wages, 2019, the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Code on Social Security, 2020 and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, respectively, he stated.
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