Question : UPGRADATION OF POST

(a) whether the post of Central Commissioner of EPFO was upgraded in 1981;

(b) if so, whether the Chief Executive of ESIC, a sister organisation under the same Ministry, is of the rank of Additional Secretary;

(c) whether the Government proposes to upgrade the post of Central Commissioner in the EPFO to the level of a Special Secretary in view of the increased work load, powers and responsibilities; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

MINISTER OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI K. CHANDRASEKHAR RAO)

(a): Yes, Sir.

(b): Yes, Sir.

(c): No, Sir. There is no such proposal.

(d): Question does not arise in view of (c) above.