Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (ABRY) registration extended till March 31, 2022: Know benefits, process and other details here

Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (ABRY) Registration Last Date: The registration facility under the Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (ABRY) has been extended till March 31, 2022. 

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Earlier, the last date of registration was June 30, 2021, however, now it has been extended till March 31 next year. One can get more information about ABRY by logging in to labour.gov.in.

The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has recently tweeted about the extension of the date of registration facility under ABRY from its official Twitter handle. The tweet said, "Registration facility under #ABRY has been extended till 31.03.2022."

Registration facility under #ABRY has been extended till 31.03.2022.#ABRY के तहत पंजीकरण सुविधा 31.03.2022 तक बढ़ा दी गई है।#EPFO #Employees pic.twitter.com/aYdiwG7pzc

— EPFO (@socialepfo) November 24, 2021

It has to be noted that ABRY was announced as a part of Aatmanirbhar Bharat 3.0 package to boost the economy, increase the employment generation in post Covid recovery phase and to incentivise creation of new employment along with social security benefits and restoration of loss of employment during COVID-19 pandemic.

The key highlights of the scheme are as follows:

1) Incentive for employers and new employees of eligible establishments registered with EPFO.

2) The new employees will receive incentive for two years from his or her date of registration.

3) Incentive in the form of payment of -
a) Both employees and employers's contribution, that is, 24 per cent of wages in respect of new employees employed in establishments having up to 1000 employees and
b) Only employees EPF, that is 12 per cent of wages in respect of new employees employed in establishments having more than 1000 employees

4) Establishment is eligible for incentive if they add prescribed minimum number of new employees, over the above reference

5) Reference base of employees is taken as number of contributory EPF members in ECR for September 2020

6) The new employees joining with monthly wage less than Rs 15000 entitled to receive benefits for 24 wage months from the date of registration

7) The establishments registered with EPFO after October 1, 2020 will get benefits in respect of all new employees.

As mentioned above, the last date of registration under ARBY has extended till March 31, 2022. The new employees joining and new establishments getting registered under EPF & MP Act 1952, up to March 31, 2022, are eligible to register.

In case of more information and registration details, one will have to login to the official EPFO website at epfindia.gov.in. Then the interested individuals will have to go to the ABRY tab.