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As part of its continuous efforts to improve the ease of doing business, the Union Labour Ministry has launched a Common Registration Facility on its e-biz portal which will enable Employers to avoid filing separate EPF and ESI returns.
The Labour Ministry announced the integration of the annual return under Mines Act 1952 and common ECR (Electronic Challan cum Return) for EPFO/ESIC with the ShramSuvidha Portal.
The Ministry has decided to integrate the registration process under five Labour Acts with the e-biz portal of the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) so that various registrations required by a unit can be obtained through a single window.
The Central Labour Acts covered in this process include:
* Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952
* Employees State Insurance Act, 1948
* Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970
* Building and Other Construction workers (Regulation of Employment & Conditions of Service) Act, 1996
It will also cover Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment & Condition of Services) Act, 1979 and Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment & Condition of Services) Act, 1979.
A unified Web Portal ShramSuvidha Portal launched on October 16, 2014, is already catering to four major Organizations under the Ministry of Labour, namely Office of Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Directorate General of Mines Safety, Employees, Provident Fund Organization and Employees State Insurance Corporation.
The ShramSuvidha Web-Portal activated the facility for allotment of LIN and the Transparent Inspection Scheme and subsequently facility for filing Online Single Annual Return under the 8 Central Acts was launched on April 24, 2015.
Now it will facilitate the returns under the Rules/Regulations under the Mines Act 1952 also on the ShramSuvidha Portal.
Hailing the move to integrate the annual return required to be filed by business enterprises, PIA President Sri R. Krishnamurthy said this will reduce the transaction cost for a small entrepreneur and also motivate the informal economy to get formalized. Any initiative that optimizes the time for a micro entrepreneur is welcome since he is more often than a not, a one-man business owner and so is burdened with too many things which need his attention at the same time. So this decision to have a common Return will reduce unnecessary red tape and add precious time to a small entrepreneur and make his life a little more easier, which is a big benefit.” Sri Krishnamurthy opined.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
