Employees Provident Funds And Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952
Section - 6A - Employees’ Pension Scheme
[Employees’ Pension Scheme6A. (1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, frame a Scheme to be called the Employees' Pension Scheme for the purpose of providing for—(a) superannuation pension, retiring pension or permanent total disablement pension to the employees of any establishment or class of establishments to which this Act applies; and(b) widow or widower's pension, children pension or orphan pension payable to the beneficiaries of such employees.(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 6, there shall be established, as soon as may be after framing of the Pension Scheme, a pension fund into which there shall be paid, from time to time, in respect of every employee who is a member of the Pension Scheme,—(a) such sums from the employer's contribution under section 6, not exceeding eight and one-third per cent of the basic wages, dearness allowance and retaining allowance, if any, of the concerned employees, as may be specified in the Pension Scheme;(b) such sums as are payable by the employers of exempted establishments under sub-section (6) of section 17;< .... To read the full section download the app from Google Play store
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