Standard Operating Procedure

for
Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana (PMRPY)
[including Pradhan Mantri Paridhan Rojgar Protsahan
Yojana (PMPRPY)]

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 I. Name of the procedure: Standard Operating Procedure for implementation of
Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana (PMRPY) and Pradhan Mantri Paridhan
Rojgar Protsahan Yojana (PMPRPY) schemes
II. Purpose: In the Budget Speech 2016-17, it was stated that In order to incentivize
creation of new jobs in the formal sector, Government of India will pay the
Employee Pension Scheme contribution of 8.33% for all new employees enrolling
in EPFO for the first three years of their employment. This will incentivize the
employers to recruit unemployed persons and also to bring into the books the
informal employees. In order to channelize this intervention towards the target
group of semi-skilled and unskilled workers, the scheme will be applicable to
those with salary up to Rs 15,000 per month. I have made a budget provision of
Rs 1,000 crore for this scheme. Accordingly, the Pradhan Mantri Rojgar
Protsahan Yojana (PMRPY) Plan Scheme has been designed to incentivise
employers for generation of new employment, where Government of India will
be paying the 8.33% EPS contribution of the employer for the new employment.
In the case of the textile (apparel) sector, the employers are also eligible to get
the 3.67% EPF contribution paid by the Government as mentioned in the PMRPY
on-line form. This benefit can be availed of by the textile (apparel) sector
establishments dealing with the Manufacture of wearing apparel, in particular
NIC Codes 1410 and 1430. The Government, in this case, will also pay the EPF
contribution of 3.67% in addition to paying the EPS contribution of 8.33% under
Pradhan Mantri Paridhan Rojgar Protsahan Yojana (PMPRPY).

The purpose of this document is to define the eligibility of employers & EPF
members and the roles, responsibilities and procedures for employers, EPFO,
CDAC, Ministry of Labour & Employment and Ministry of Textiles to implement
Pradha Ma tri Rojgar Protsahan Yoja a and Pradha Ma tri Paridhan Rojgar
Protsahan Yoja a schemes.

III. Resources:
(i) Scheme Guidelines for Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana
(PMRPY) as received vide Office Memorandum No. DGE-U-
13015/1/2016-MP(G) dated 09.08.2016 from Directorate General of
Employment, Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India.
(ii) Scheme Guidelines for Pradhan Mantri Paridhan Rojgar Protsahan
Yojana (PMPRPY) as received vide Office Memorandum No. F.No.
12020/1/2016-IT dated 11.08.2016 from Ministry of Textiles,
Government of India.

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 IV. Procedure:
(A) Eligibility Criteria for Establishments for PMRPY scheme and PMPRPY scheme

Whether Whether Whether Whether Whether Whether Whether Whether Whether

LIN EPF Code textile base Employment Employee’ E plo er’ eligible eligible
available available industry month Strength as s PF Share s PF Share for for
as strength per ECR is (12%) paid (3.67%) Pension Employer
verified available more than by paid by Share EPF Share
by in base month Employer Employer (8.33%) (3.67%)
Ministry database strength Benefit Benefit
of
Textiles
No No NA NA NA NA NA No No
No Yes Yes/No Yes/No Yes/No Yes/No Yes/No No No
Yes No NA NA NA NA NA No No
Yes Yes Yes/No No** NA Yes/No Yes/No No No
Yes Yes No Yes No Yes/No Yes/No No No
Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No
Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No No
Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No
Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes/No Yes/No No No
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No NA No No
* NA – Not Applicable
** If no ECR has been filed in the base month, the employer is not eligible for benefits
under the schemes as there is no base month employment strength available.
Important:
1. In case of establishment is exempted from EPF scheme, 1952, the pension share
would be made o establish e t’s e e ptio flag o l a d EPF share (both
employee and employer share) payment by employer in trust will not be validated
in such cases.
2. The eligibility and benefits under the scheme for an employer would be
determined on the basis of first ECR filed by the employer for the respective
month. No benefits would be admissible on the basis of supplementary ECRs.
3. Due to filing of any supplementary ECR by the employer for the base month at a
later stage leading to increase in employment strengthen for the base month,
there is a possibility that the employer may become ineligible for benefits for some
or all months, where he has already availed the benefits under the scheme. In
such cases, the employer is liable to pay the subsidy amount availed by him for the
respective months, where he is found ineligible, along with penal provisions as per
the EPF & Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 & Schemes framed thereunder. A
periodical report would be generated for the field offices identification of such
cases.
4. If at a later stage, it is found that the employer has given wrong information to
avail benefits under the scheme, he is liable to pay the subsidy amount availed by
him for the respective months, where he is found ineligible, along with penal

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 provisions as per EPF & Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 & Scheme framed
thereunder.

(B) Base Month and Base Month Strength for establishments for PMRPY scheme

Date of coverage of Base Month Base Month Strength ECR Period

Establishment
Before 31-March-2016 March-2016 Distinct members for which ECR is April-2016 to
submitted for wage month March-2016 March-2017
Between 01-April-2016 Not 0 April-2016 to
to 31-March-2017 Applicable March-2017
Before 31-March-2017 March-2017 Distinct members for which ECR is April-2017 to
submitted for wage month March-2017 March-2018
Between 01-April-2017 Not 0 April-2017 to
to 31-March-2018 Applicable March-2018
Before 31-March-2018 March-2018 Distinct members for which ECR is April-2018 to
submitted for wage month March-2017 March-2019
Between 01-April-2018 Not 0 April-2018 to
to 31-March-2019 Applicable March-2019

(C) Eligibility criteria for EPF member for PMRPY scheme

Date of Whether Aadhaar Whether Whether First time Whether

joining seeded and verified UAN allotted employment Eligible for
with UIDAI PMRPY
benefit
Before 01- Yes/No Yes/No Yes/No No
April-2016
Between 01- No Yes/No Yes/No No
April-2016 and
31-March-
2019
Between 01- Yes Yes Yes Yes
April-2016 and
31-March-
2019
Between 01- Yes Yes No No
April-2016 and
31-March-
2019
After 31- Yes/No Yes/No Yes/No No
March-2019

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(D) Procedure to be followed by Employer for getting benefit under PMRPY

Step 1: E ployer will logi to the E ployer I terfa e of EPFO’s U ified Portal.

Step 2: Employer will register new employees with Aadhaar information joined during the
month through individual or bulk registration.

Step 3: Employer will get UAN allotted to the new members and approve Aadhaar
information through his DSC.

Step 4: Employer will login on PMRPY portal (https://www.pmrpy.gov.in)

Step 5: Employer will add new members who are eligible for PMRPY scheme on PMRPY
portal. The online PMRPY return would be digitally signed by the employer. This activity
must be completed before 10th of the following month or before submitting ECR for that
month, whichever is earlier. Only then the benefit under the schemes in respect of that ECR
will be released.

Return to be field by employers online for enrolling members for PMRPY/PMPRPY

S. No. Field Field Type

1. UAN Input
2. Me er’s Na e Display/Non Editable
3. Father’s/Hus a d Na e Display/Non Editable
4. Aadhaar Display/Non Editable
5. Date of Birth Display/Non Editable
6. Date of Joining Display/Non Editable
7. Date of Exit Display/Non Editable
8. Job Description Selection
9. Skill level Selection

Step 6: Employer will login to the Employer Interfa e of EPFO’s U ified Portal.

Step 7: Employer will submit the ECR without any change with respect to PMRPY scheme,
i.e. employer shall mention pension share (8.33%) and employer EPF share (3.67%) in ECR

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file against PMRPY eligible member also. System will decide on the basis of information
given by employer as explained in step 5 whether benefit has to be given or not.

Step 8: Accordingly system will generate challan for payment after adjusting amount
eligible under PMRPY scheme.

Step 9: Thereafter, the system, through ECR portal of EPFO, would facilitate the employer
for the remittance of the dues excluding the subsidy component as determined above in the
challan generated by the system at step 8.

(E) Fund Transfer from Plan Accounts of the schemes to Collection Accounts of EPFO
 On daily basis subsidy given to employers has to be transferred from plan accounts of
the schemes to EPFO collection accounts. For this purpose, a ell a ely PMRPY Fu d
Mo itori g Cell shall e o stituted i Fi a e wi g. Followi g will e the
responsibilities of this cell:
a. Monthly estimation of requirement of Funds in PMRPY
b. Ensuring same day transfer of Funds from Plan accounts to collection account
c. Maintaining sufficient funds in plan accounts before transfer from plan
account to collection account
 For fu tio i g of PMRPY Fu d Mo itori g Cell , the dashboards shall be provided.

(F) PMRPY Grievance Handling System

 Followings are the probable queries to be handled by grievance handling system:
a. General query about scheme
b. Whether a particular member is eligible for PMRPY scheme or not? If not eligible,
what is the reason for non-eligibility?
c. Whether a particular ECR is eligible for PMRPY scheme or not? If not eligible, what
is the reason for non-eligibility?
 The Customer Services Division (CSD) would handle the grievances in coordination
with the subject matter division i.e. Finance Division.
 Training would be provided to the dedicated team constituted for the purpose in the
Customer Services Division (CSD) by Information Services (IS) Division to handle the
grievances related to PMRPY.

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 Enquiry screen will be provided to the Customer Services Division (CSD) where by
entering UAN/Aadhaar/Establishment ID/LIN/Wage Month/TRRN, the system will
display complete information regarding PMRPY.

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