The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 389] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1981/AGRAHAYANA 10, 1903
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MINISTRY OF LABOUR
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 30th November. 1981
1816 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY [PART It—SEC 3 (i)]makes the following Scheme further to amend tho Employee"!' Provident Rinds Scheme, 1952 namely :—
1. (1) This Scheme may be called the Employees' Provi- dent Funds (Sixth Amendment) Scheme, 1981.
(2) It shall come into force on the date of its publica-
tion in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Employees' Provident Funds Scheme, 1952 after paragraph 68M, the following sub-paragraph shall be inner-. ted namely :—
"68N :— Grant of advance to members who are physi-
cally handicapped :—
(1) A member, who is physically handicapped, may be allowed a non-refundable advance from his account in the Fund, for purchasing an equipment required to minimise the hardship on account of handicap.
(2) No advance under sub-paragraph O) shall be paid unless the member produces a medical certificate from a competent medical practitioner to the satisfaction of the Commissioner or such other officer as may be authorised by him in this behaff to the effect that he ;'s physically handicapped.
(3) The amount advanced under this paragraph shall rot exceed the members' basic wages and dearn*ss allowance for six months or his own share of contributions with interest thereon or tho cost of tho equipment, whichever is the, least.
(4) No second advance under this paragraph shall be allowed within a period of three years from the date of payment of an advance allowed under this paragraph,"
Foot Note : Principal scheme published vide Notification No. S.R.O. 1509 dated 2nd September, V)52, Gazette of Indiu 1952.
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V. GOVINDRAJAN, Under Secy.