Millicent Rachford

As per Govt. of Maharashtra FD GR dated 31st October 2005 this scheme would NOT be applicable to the government servants who are recruited on or after 1st November 2005.

Immunity has been provided by sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Provident Fund Act, 1925 against giving effect to the recovery of government dues from accumulation in the General Provident Fund account of the employee.

Constitutional provisions were made empowering the President of India to formulate the rules regulating the General Provident Fund for the central government employees and similarly powers were conferred on the Governors of the States to make the rules regulating the GPF for the state government employees.

Majority of the State Governments have entrusted the custody and maintenance of the GPF of their state to the C&AG of India who, through his field offices spread across the country, discharges this function. The Comptroller & Auditor General of India is the Head Of the Department of IA&AD and derives his powers under Article 149 of the Constitution of India as well as the C& AG’s (Duties, Power and Conditions of Service) Act 1971.

All transactions of Receipts and Payments made to and from the General Provident Fund are classified in government account under Part-III- Public Account I- Small Savings, Provident Funds etc. (b) Provident Funds-8009 State Provident Funds. This Major Head is closing to balances hence the balances under this head are carried forward from year to year in the Financial Accounts of the State government concerned.

In the State of Maharashtra the Governor of Maharashtra in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India has made the rules regulating the General Provident Fund relating to Government Servants under the Government of Maharashtra. GPF Rules were amended from time to time and the present form of the rules are named as the Maharashtra General Provident Fund Rules, 1998

The Office of the Accountant General (A &E ) II Maharashtra, Nagpur is maintaining GPF accounts of around 80Thousand employees pertaining to Vidarbha and Marathwada regions of Maharashtra.

The GPF Account Number comprising of GPF Series and unique GPF Account Number is allotted to each GPF subscriber. The GPF series comprises Department code followed by Region code e.g.  GABN, MBN, PHBN, JBN i.e. GA- General Administration, M-Medical, PH- Public Health, J- Jail etc.  Here ‘BN’ code is suffixed for all GPF series  allottedforGovernment servants working in Vidarbha and Marathwada regions of Maharashtra.

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