No. D-11011/36/2016- DBT (Cab.)
Govt. of India
Cabinet Secretariat
DBT Mission
Subject: Aadhaar linking and interoperability of General Provident Fund (GPF), Public Provident Fund (PPF) and Employees’ Provident Fund (EFF) accounts regarding.
A
meeting was held under the chairmanship of Joint Secretary, DBT Mission,
Cabinet Secretariat on 25th August, 2017 at 11:00 A.M in the Conference Hall,
4th floor, Shjvaji Stadium Annexe Building, Rajiv Chowk, New Delhi on the
subject mentioned above. The list of participants isplaced at Annexure I.
2. Joint
Secretary, DBT Mission welcomed the participants and stated that the
objective of the meeting is to deliberate on Aadhaar linking of GPF, PPF and
EPF accounts of employees, examine the possibility of a centralised repository
of employees" fund details with Aadhaar as the primary identifier and
establishing portability of fund accounts across organisations. He requested
all stakeholders to share comments and suggestions in this regard.
3. Deputy
CGA, Govt. Banking Arrangements, D/o Expenditure informed that an on-line
salary application system, Employee Information System (EIS) is being
developed within PF MS for implementation in all Drawing and Disbursing
Offices (DDOS) and Pay Accounts Offices (PAOS) of Central Ministries. EIS
is envisaged to be a central repository of details of all salaried
employees, and it can also maintain details of GPF of
government employees. He fiirther stated that at present, Aadhaar number
is not a mandatory field in employee information records, due to which
Aadhaar seeding may be low. it was discussed that if the employee data on E13
are linked with Aad’naar, it may serve the purpose of establishing
interoperability of salary and GPF accounts across DDOs. It was highlighted
that Railways and Defence departments are not covered under £18. An
example of e-Samarth was cited, which is a centralised database of CRPP
(Central Reserve Police Force) in MHA, which may be studied for this
purpose. Dy CGA also mentioned that M/o Railways and Defence may also be
consulted in this context.
4. Senior
Audit Officer, Office of Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) of India, Delhi stated
that at present, State AG (Auditor General) offices assign new GPF numbers
to employees while moving across different FAQs and there is no
centralized mapping system with Aadhaar as the primary identifier. JS. DBT
Mission requested that the matter may be taken up with the Office of
C&AG, with the concerned Dy C&AG to examine the possibility of
mapping all State GPF subscribers across the country. It was suggested that the
role of a third party such as NSDL to create and maintain this database
may also be examined.
5. Assistant Director,
D/o Posts stated that that
presently, around 25 lakh PPF accounts out of 27.2 lakh accounts are on Core
Banking Solution (CBS) network and these accounts are portable across Post
Offices. It was informed that every PPF account is associated with a PPF number
and a Customer Identification Form (CIF) number, which is a unique number
that holds all personal as well as account related information of the
customer. ideally, a customer can have one CIF number in one post office.
though the customer can have multiple accounts under these numbers. It was
further informed that Aadhaar linking with individual accounts and CIF
numbers is being undertaken and 4.7 crore ClFs out of total 56 crore CIFs
(which also include savings certificates, term deposit accounts, etc) have
been seeded with Aadhaar. JS, DBT pointed out that Aadhaar seeding is
very low in this case, and the Department may undertake necessary actions to
expedite the same to achieve 100% seeding by December 31, 2017. It was
further suggested that all PPF accounts and CIF numbers may be linked
with Aadhaar and the Department may share its suggestions on establishing
a common repository of all PPF accounts using Aadhaar as the identifier.
6. Deputy Director, M/o Labour & Employment stated the Universal Account Number (UAN) provides portability for the employees covered under EPF. It was informed that 14 crore out of 4 crore active subscribers’ records have been seeded with Aadhaar. It was discussed that this will enable portability of EPF accounts when the details of Bank Account, Aadhaar and PAN are seeded in UAN database of the employees and are verified by employer on change of job. It was suggested that Aadhaar seeding of all may be taken up priority.
7. Deputy Secretary, Budget, D/o Economic
Affairs stated that a host of small saving schemes including PPF are
Operated by post offices, public sector banks and select private secror
banks and Aadhaar seeding is being undertaken in all these accounts. JS, DBT
Mission enquired if the. Department is taking any initiative to have a
centralised platform for all savings schemes, given that all banks use
different systems and Operate in silos. It was discussed that the Department
may examine the matter and share updates in this regard.
8. After detailed deliberations, the following were agreed upon.
i.
All stakeholder Departments to ensure 100% Aadhaar seeding of GPF, PPF and EPF
accounts by December 31, 2017.
ii.
All Departments to examine the possibility of developing common platforms for
their respective service subscribers/employees/account holders using Aadhaar as
the unique identifier to ensure portability across the financial system.
iii. DBT Mission to hold a review meeting with senior officers of all stakeholder Departments in the second week of September. 2017 to discuss the issue further.
Annexure-I
No. D-11011/36/2016-DBT (Cab.)
Government of India
Cabinet Secretariat
DBT Mission
4th Floor, Shivaji Stadium Annexe
Rajiv Chowk, New Delhi- 110001
Dated: 29th August, 2017
Subject:
Aadhaar linking and interoperability of General Provident Fund (GPF), Public
Provident Fund (PPF) and Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) accounts-regarding.
The
undersigned is directed to forward herewith a copy of record of discussion of
the meeting held under the chairmanship of Joint Secretary, DBT Mission,
Cabinet Secretariat on 25.08.2017 at 11.00 AM on the subject mentioned above
for information and further necessary action, please.
Sd/-
(Tulsipriya
Rajkumari)
Assistant
Director
DBT
Mission
Employees' Provident Fund
Organisation
(Ministry of Labour, Govt. of India)
Head Office
Bhavishya Nidhi Bhawan, 14- Bhikaiji
Cama Place, New Delhi - 110066
(CENTRAL ANALYSIS & INTELLIGENCE
UNIT)
No.CAIU/011(44)2016/Aadhar/10273
Date: 22.09.2017
To
All ACCs (Zones) including ACC (ASD),
All ACCs (Zones) including ACC (ASD),
All
RPFC-I/ RPFC 11 (Regional Offices),
Sub:- Aadhaar linking and interoperability of General Provident Fund (GPF), Public Provident Fund (PPF) and Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) -regarding.
Sir,
Please
find enclosed herewith a letter No.D-11011/36/2016-DBT (Cab.) dated 29.08.2017
received from Assistant Director, Cabinet Secretariat, DBT Mission forwarding
therewith record of discussions of the meeting held under the Chairmanship of
Joint Secretary, DBT Mission on 25.08.2017, wherein it has been directed that
all the Departments should ensure 100% of Aadhaar seeding by December 31,2017.
2.
It is requested to implement the instructions issued by the Cabinet
Secretariat, DBT Mission, New Delhi for seeding of Aadhaar by December 31,
2017.[This
issues with the approval of ACC-II (CAIU)].
Yours faithfully,
Encl:
As above
(A.K. Mandal)
Regional P. F. Commissioner-I(CAIU)
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