100% Aadhaar linking of
GPF, PPF & EPF by Dec, 2017 and using Aadhaar for portability: Decision of
Cabinet Secretariat Meeting
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
List of Participants
1. Shri Peeyush Kumar, Joint Secretary, DBT Mission, Cabinet Secretariat-in Chair
2. Shri Amn Shanna, Director, DBT Mission, Cabinet Secretariat
3. Shri Neeraj Kumar Sharma, Deputy CGA, Govt. Banking Arrangements. D/o Expenditure
4. Ms. AnjanaVashishtha, Deputy Secretary, D/o Economic Affairs
5. Shri Dinesh Dharni, Deputy Director, M/o Labour & Employment
6. Shri Vijay Kumar Kanojia, Senior Audit Officer, Office of Comptroller & Auditor General of India
7. Dr.Ajinkya Kale, Assistant Director General, D/o Posts
8. Ms Disha Pannu, Assistant Director General, D/o Posts
9. Ms.Tulsipriya Rajkumari, Assistant Director, DBT Mission, Cabinet Secretariat
10. Ms. Jaya Kurnari, Assistant Audit Officer, Office of Comptroller & Auditor General of India
11. Shri Kamlesh, Assistant Audit Officer, Office of Comptroller & Auditor General of India
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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 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)
