Maharashtra tops the list of states with maximum number of beneficiaries to be assisted under ABRY

New Delhi : Maharashtra followed by Tamilnadu and Gujarat tops the list of states with maximum number of beneficiaries under ABRY. The State-wise number of applications received from companies under the Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (ABRY); the number of beneficiaries State-wise benefited so far from the ABRY along with the total quantum of assistance likely to be provided by the Government is as below;

State-Wise list of Beneficiary Establishments (Estts.), Employees and Benefit Amount (Till 04.12.2021)
Sr. No.	State	Estts.	New Employees	BENEFIT AMOUNT (In Rs.)
1	ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS	32	368	39,77,396
2	ANDHRA PRADESH	3,025	1,07,324	77,51,87,953
3	ARUNACHAL PRADESH	9	59	3,80,640
4	ASSAM	436	11,873	7,14,09,916
5	BIHAR	902	17,616	15,74,59,757
6	CHANDIGARH	1,268	43,618	29,42,33,850
7	CHATTISGARH	2,286	55,733	40,76,13,436
8	DELHI	2,443	1,47,520	87,18,86,213
9	GOA	437	14,427	9,27,41,595
10	GUJARAT	12,379	4,44,741	2,78,63,52,624
11	HARYANA	5,974	2,57,728	1,67,79,95,256
12	HIMACHAL PRADESH	1,700	56,681	37,60,28,799
13	JAMMU AND KASHMIR	681	12,895	10,49,62,007
14	JHARKHAND	1,649	41,587	31,46,95,599
15	KARNATAKA	8,024	3,07,164	2,21,63,55,794
16	KERALA	2,034	60,521	45,94,47,215
17	LADAKH	12	163	8,96,149
18	MADHYA PRADESH	4,760	1,38,512	1,03,57,85,589
19	MAHARASHTRA	17,524	6,49,560	4,09,72,34,366
20	MANIPUR	38	765	53,73,983
21	MEGHALAYA	31	966	1,47,23,933
22	MIZORAM	12	292	41,97,954
23	NAGALAND	7	43	4,38,698
24	ORISSA	3,182	59,485	46,17,12,892
25	PUNJAB	5,249	1,19,577	91,21,26,945
26	RAJASTHAN	8,725	2,19,079	1,41,91,17,573
27	SIKKIM	95	2,747	2,42,67,287
28	TAMIL NADU	12,803	5,35,615	3,00,46,76,607
29	TELANGANA	4,097	1,85,051	1,03,56,10,742
30	TRIPURA	130	3,091	2,90,18,051
31	UTTAR PRADESH	9,548	2,75,180	2,13,28,53,265
32	UTTARAKHAND	1,931	63,444	44,15,82,808
33	WEST BENGAL	5,593	1,39,126	89,06,99,250
	Grand Total	1,17,016	39,72,551	26,12,10,44,142

The measures taken by Government for the quick disbursal of PF amount to workers are as follows:

Auto settlement of Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) claims was introduced by Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) in January, 2020.
Multi-location claim settlement facility was introduced in EPFO to provide the uninterrupted services to the EPF members at the time of any disaster like pandemic, floods, earthquake, etc when it may not be possible to process claims in such Disaster Affected office(s). This arrangement has helped in delivery of uninterrupted services to the EPF members and also helped in disaster proofing of the offices of EPFO.

The average time taken to process claim settlement year wise is as follows:-

Financial Year	Average time taken to process claim (in days)
2019-20	11.5 days
2020-21	8.4 days
2021-22 (as on 06.12.2021)	7.3 days

As can be seen in the table above, the speed for settlement of claims has increased during FY 2019-20 to FY 2021-22.

This information was given by Minister of State for Labour and Employment Rameswar Teli in Loksabha today.

Rameswar Teli