Question : Companies under Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana

(a) the State-wise number of applications received from companies under the Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (ABRY);

(b) the number of beneficiaries State-wise benefited so far from the ABRY along with the total quantum of assistance likely to be provided by the Government;

(c) the measures taken by the Government for the quick disbursal of PF amount to workers in case of emergency, retirement and general withdrawal; and

(d) the average time taken to process applications from workers from the date of applying and whether there has been an increase in the speed of processing and if so, the details thereof?

MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
(SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)


(a) & (b): The State-wise beneficiary establishments and employees and amount disbursed as on 04.12.2021 is at Annexure.


(c): The measures taken by Government for the quick disbursal of PF amount to workers are as follows:

i. Auto settlement of Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) claims was introduced by Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) in January, 2020.
ii. Multi-location claim settlement facility was introduced in EPFO to provide the uninterrupted services to the EPF members at the time of any disaster like pandemic, floods, earthquake, etc when it may not be possible to process claims in such Disaster Affected office(s). This arrangement has helped in delivery of uninterrupted services to the EPF members and also helped in disaster proofing of the offices of EPFO.

(d): The average time taken to process claim settlement year wise is as follows:-
Financial
Year Average time taken to process claim (in days)
2019-20 11.5 days
2020-21 8.4 days
2021-22 (as on 06.12.2021) 7.3 days

As can be seen in the table above, the speed for settlement of claims has increased during FY 2019-20 to FY 2021-22.

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