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West Bengal tops the list with 133 establishments having defaulted in payment of Rs. 343.98 crore towards Employees Provident Fund, Employees Pension Scheme and EDLI in the exempted category. Maharashtra with 2323 defaulting establishments have failed to pay statutory dues upto Rs. 214.88 crore tops the list in the un-exempted category.
State-wise List of Defaulting Establishments-Exempted-As On 30.11.04
S.No.
Region
No. of Establishments in default
Amt. In default (Rs. in crores)
1.
West Bengal
133
343.98
2.
Jharkhand
4
118.79
3.
Uttar Pradesh
26
55.60
4.
Karnataka
13
47.06
5.
Delhi
7
37.65
6.
Maharastra
15
31.31
7.
Andhra Pradesh
22
26.02
8.
Uttaranchal
4
22.00
9.
Kerala
17
9.69
10.
Tamil Nadu
35
9.18
11.
Gujarat
9
7.92
12.
Bihar
8
7.13
13.
Haryana
1
6.91
14.
N.E. Region
1
5.62
15.
Rajasthan
7
3.63
16.
Orissa
7
1.87
17.
Madhya Pradesh
3
1.25
18.
Punjab
1
TOTAL
313
735.81
State-wise List of Defaulting Establishments –Unexempted As On 30.11.04
S.No.
Region
No. of Establishments in default
Amt. In default (Rs. in crores)
1.
Maharastra
2313
214.88
2.
Tamil Nadu
6999
185.33
3.
West Bengal
2479
132.25
4.
Uttar Pradesh
1691
128.79
5.
Orissa
2195
120.66
6.
Andhra Pradesh
8912
118.09
7.
Madhya Pradesh
2083
96.54
8.
Kerala
4282
90.27
9.
Karnataka
1431
82.39
10.
Gujarat
795
62.99
11.
Haryana
2671
60.56
12.
N.E. Region
1223
50.12
13.
Punjab
5145
47.22
14.
Bihar
1202
45.04
15.
Rajasthan
2113
36.46
16.
Jharkhand
1163
26.85
17.
Delhi
1190
25.06
18.
Uttaranchal
551
17.73
19.
Chattishgarh
293
11.63
20.
Himachal Pradesh
170
3.95
21.
Goa
248
3.37
Recovery of dues from defaulting establishments is made in accordance with the provision of the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952. This includes prosecution under Section 14 of the Act, filing complaints under Sections 406/409 of IPC, attachment of properties/bank accounts, and arrest of defaulters. The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation has launched a special drive for recovering outstanding dues by formulating special squads of recovery in each of the regions and stepping up its coercive action under the law.
This was stated by the labour and Employment Minister, Shri K. Chandrasekhar Rao in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
MLD:LK: Labour 149 (RS) (10.3)
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