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Unit 11: Employees’ Provident Fund Act, 1952

under the Act registered union” under s. 3(30) means “a union registered under the Act”, Notes
while “representative union” under s. 3(33) means “a union for the time being registered
as a representative union under the Act.”

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Self Assessment

State whether the following statements are true or false:
1. A non-official Bill on this subject was introduced in the Lok Sabha in 1950 to provide
for the establishment and grant of provident fund to certain classes of workers by their
employers.
2. An establishment/factory, which is not otherwise coverable under the Act, can be covered
voluntarily with the mutual consent of the Act.
3. The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation is in charge of all the four schemes.

11.2 Definitions

In this Scheme, unless the context otherwise requires:—
(1) Employees’ Pension Fund: “Pension Fund” means the Employees Pension Fund established
under sub-section (2) of section 6A.
(2) Employee Pension Scheme: “Pension Scheme” means the Employees‟ Pension Scheme
framed under sub-section (1) of section 6A.
(3) Superannuation: “Superannuation”, in relation to an employee, who is the member of
the Pension Scheme, means the attainment, by the said employee, of the age of fifty-eight
years.
(4) Industry: “Industry” means any industry specified in Schedule I, and includes any other
industry added to the Schedule by notification under section 4;
(ia) “Insurance Fund” means the Deposit-linked Insurance Scheme framed under sub-
section (2) of section 6C;
(ib) “Insurance Scheme” means the Employees‟ Deposit-linked Insurance Scheme
framed under sub-section (1) of section 6C.
(5) Employee: “Employee” means any person who is employed for wages in any kind of work,
manual or otherwise, in or in connection with the work of an establishment and who gets
his wages directly or indirectly from the employer, and includes any person,-
(i) employed by or through a contractor in or in connection with the work of the
establishment;
(ii) engaged as an apprentice, not being an apprentice engaged under the Apprentices
Act, 1961 (52 of 1961) or under the standing orders of the establishment;

 z “exempted employee” means an employee to whom a Scheme or the Insurance
Scheme, as the case may be, would, but for the exemption granted under
section 17, have applied;

 z “exempted establishment” means an establishment in respect of which an
exemption has been granted under section 17 from the operation of all or any
of the provisions of any Scheme or the Insurance Scheme, as the case may be,
whether such exemption has been granted to the establishment as such or to
any person or class of persons employed therein;

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