Employers must activate staffers' UAN by Apr 1 in MP: EPFO

The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has asked employers to activate their employees' Universal Account Numbers (UAN) by April 1 in Madhya Pradesh.
"We are not going to provide service to those employers who do not activate their staffers' UAN in Madhya Pradesh by April 1. It is the responsibility of employers to activate their employees' UAN," Regional Provident Fund Commissioner Ajay Kumar Mehra told reporters here.
He said EPFO will initiate action against employers failing to comply with the directions.
Nearly 16 lakh UANs have been activated in the state, but thousands of employees are failing to reap the benefits of EPFO's social security policies for want of UAN, he said.

According to Mehra, around 35 lakh employees in Madhya Pradesh have provident fund accounts. In 60 per cent such accounts, provident fund contribution is coming in, while rest have become inactive.
The officer said 12,000 workers engaged in construction work in Simhastha-Kumbh Mela, beginning in neighbouring Ujjain district on April 22, have been covered under the social security schemes of EPFO.