Jammu, Dec 24: The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), Jammu, is set to hold the ‘Nidhi Aapke Nikat’ 2.0 program across Jammu region with first program scheduled to be held on December 27, 2024 at the Conference Hall, D.C. Office, Rajouri.
A statement said that the initiative aims to enhance awareness about EPFO schemes, address grievances and promote the social security rights of employees and employers in the Union Territory.
The program, led by the P.F. Commissioner, Regional Office Jammu, will provide a platform for stakeholders—including employers, employees, pensioners, and industry representatives—to voice their concerns and seek resolutions. Key activities include UAN activation, Aadhaar and bank account linking, e-nomination filing, online claim submission, and on-the-spot grievance redressal, particularly for pension-related issues.
A special Pension Help Desk will be set up to handle queries related to the Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995, and the Employees’ Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme, 1976, which now offers benefits of up to Rs 7 lakhs.
The program will also feature awareness sessions on topics such as grievance filing through EPFiGMS and CPGRAMS, fraud prevention, and EPFO’s digital services like the Principal Employer Dashboard and KYC updates. Employers are urged to ensure the provision of social security benefits to employees from their first day of employment. The EPFO Jammu encourages broad participation to foster better understanding, feedback, and collaboration, ensuring the effective implementation of its schemes across the region. PF Commissioner RO Jammu will listen to the grievances of workers personally in the event.
The statement said that enrolment of the members, UAN Activation, Bank and Aadhaar seeding, online claim filing, filing of e-nominations, e-sign, filing ECR would be covered in the program. In addition to the above, any relevant issues related to EPFO, which officers or stakeholders desire, would be discussed. Further, a special Pension help desk will be setup in the Camp under NAN 2.0 for pension related issues/grievances. The issues related to pension will be addressed on spot in the program. Services and benefits of “Social Security”–Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995 and enhanced quantum (up to Rupees Seven Lakhs) of Employees’ Deposit Linked Insurance Schemes, 1976 are being rendered to employees of Union territory of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh with effect from November 2019 onwards. EPFO, Jammu, is open to every valuable suggestion at the Nidhi Aapke Nikat programme 2.0.
