The Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 · I — PRELIMINARY

Section 4. Stationery products.]

In force · As amended up to 2026-08

(5) Storage and dry batteries, (11) ships, (6) radio receivers and sound reproducing instruments, (3) electric lamps (not including glass bulbs). (1) machinery and equipment for the generation, transmission, distribution or measurement of electrical energy and motors including cables and wires, (12) automobiles and tractors, (23) cutlery and surgical instruments, (7) machinery used in industry (including textile machinery) other than electrical machinery and machine tools, (16) hurricane lanterns, (4) electric fans and electrical domestic appliances, (13) bolts, nuts and rivets, (14) power driven pumps, (15) bicycles, (10) grinding wheels, 1. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 428, dated the 15th April, 1974, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f. 30-4-1974). 2. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 660, dated the 17th May, 1977, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f. 31-5-1977). 3. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 938, dated the 25th June, 1979, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f. 31-7-1979). 4. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 564, dated the 5th May, 1980, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f. 31-5-1980). 5. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 613(E), dated the 30th October, 1980, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, 1980, Part II, sec. 3(i)(w.e.f. 31-10-1980). 6. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 662(E), dated the 27th November, 1980, see Gazette of India, 1980, Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f. 30-11-1980). 7. Added by Notification No. S.O. 2459, dated the 29th May, 1983, see Gazette of India, 1980, Part II, sec. 3(ii) (w.e.f. 1-6-1983). 8. Ins. by Act 37 of 1953, s. 18. (22) safes, vaults and furniture made of iron or steel or steel alloys. (24) drums and containers, (20) wires, pipes, tubes and fittings, (19) products of metal rolling and re-rolling. (9) machine tools, that is to say, metal and wood working machinery, (17) sewing and knitting machines, (25) parts and accessories of products specified in items 1 to 24; (b) the expression "Iron and Steel" includes pig iron, ingots, blooms, billets and rolled or re-rolled products into basic forms and toll and alloy steel; (c) the expression "paper" includes pulp, paperboard and strawboard; (d) the expression "textiles" includes the products of carding, spinning, weaving, finishing and dyeing yarn and fabrics, printing, knitting and embroidering.] _____________ SCHEDULE II 1[[ See section 5(1B)]] MATTERS FOR WHICH PROVISION MAY BE MADE IN A SCHEME (8) boilers and prime movers, including internal combustion engines, marine engines and locomotives, (18) mathematical and scientific instruments, (2) telephones, telegraph and wireless communication apparatus, (21) ferrous and non-ferrous castings, 4. Power to add to Schedule I. —(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, add to Schedule I any other industry in respect of the employees whereof it is of opinion that a provident fund scheme should be framed under this Act, and thereupon the industry so added shall be deemed to be an industry specified in Schedule I for the purposes of this Act. (2) All notifications under sub-section (1) shall be laid before Parliament, as soon as may be, after they are issued. 4. Stationery products.] 4[The aerated water industry, that is to say, any industry engaged in the manufacture of aerated water, soft drinks or carbonated water.] 5[The distilling and rectifying of spirits (not falling under industrial and power alcohol) and blending of spirits industry.] 6[The Paint and Varnish Industry.] 7[Bone Crushing Industry.] 8[Pickers Industry.] 9[Milk and milk products Industry.] 10[Non-ferrous metals and alloys in the form of ingots industry.] 11[Bread Industry.] 1. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 1125, dated the 18th August, 1962, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f 30-9-1962). 2. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 424, dated the 28th February, 1963, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f. 31-3-1963). 3. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 591, dated the 27th March, 1963, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f. 30-4-1963). 4. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 1432, dated the 3rd August, 1963, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f. 31-8-1963). 5. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 1605, dated the 26th September, 1963, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f. 31-10-1963). 6. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 1983, dated the 21st December, 1963, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f. 31-1-1964). 7. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 67, dated the 31st December, 1963, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f. 31-1-1964). 8. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 822, dated the 22nd May, 1964, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f. 30-6-1964). 9. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 1723, dated the 27th November, 1964, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f. 31-12-1964). 10. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 1795, dated the 9th December, 1964, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f. 30-1-1965). 11. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 402, dated the 2nd March, 1965, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f. 31-3-1965). 1[Stemming or redrying of tobacco leaf industry, that is to say, any industry engaged in the stemming, redrying, handling, sorting, grading or packing of tobacco leaf]. 2[Agarbatee (including dhoop and dhoopbatee) industry.] 3[Coir (excluding the spinning sector) Industry.] 4[Tobacco industry, that is to say, any industry engaged in the manufacture of Cigars, Zarda, snuff, qivam and guraku from tobacco.] 5[Paper products Industry.] 6[Any industry engaged in manufacture of salt for which a licence is necessary and which has land not less than[7] [4.05 hectares]. 8[Linoleum Industry and Indoleum Industry.] 9[Explosive Industry.] 10[Jute bailing or pressing Industry.] 11[Fire works and percussion cap works Industry.] 12[Tent making Industry.] 13[Ferro-manganese Industry.] 14[Ice of ice-cream Industry.] 15[Winding of thread and yarn reeling Industry.] 16[Cotton Ginning, Bailing and Pressing Industry.] 17[Katha making Industry.] 4. Non-edible vegetable and animal oils and fats.] 2[Mineral oil refining industry.] 3[(i) Industrial and Power Alcohol industry; and (ii) Asbestos Cement Sheets industry.] 4[Biscuit making industry including composite units making biscuits and products such as bread, confectionery and milk and milk powder.] 5[Mica industry.] 6[Plywood industry.] 7[Automobile repairing and servicing industry.] - 8[1. Rice milling. 2. Flour milling. 3. Dal milling.] 9[Starch industry.] 1. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 768, dated the 18th May, 1965, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f. 30-6-1965). 2. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 910, dated the 23rd June, 1965, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f. 31-7-1965). 3. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 952, dated the 3rd July, 1965, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f. 30-9-1965). 4. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 895, dated the 1st June, 1966, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f. 30-6-1966). 5. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 1119, dated the 11th July, 1966, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f. 31-7-1966). 6. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 1362, dated the 30th August, 1966, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f. 30-9-1966). 7. Subs. by Notification No. G.S.R. 1945, dated the 16th December, 1966, see Gazette of India, 1967, Part II, sec. 3(i) for "ten acres". 8. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 437, dated the 27th March, 1967, see Gazette of India, 1966, Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f. 30-4-1967). 9. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 1019, dated the 1st July, 1967, see Gazette of India, 1967, Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f. 31-7-1967). 10. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 1226, dated the 5th August, 1967, see Gazette of India, 1967, Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f. 31-8-1967). 11. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 1530, dated the 5th October, 1967, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3(i) 4. The minimum qualifying service for being eligible for pension and the manner in which the employees may be granted the benefits of their past service under section 6A as it stood before the commencement of the amending Act. (w.e.f. 31-10-1967). 12.Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 1716, dated the 3rd November, 1967, see Gazette of India, 1967, Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f. 30-11-1967). 13. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 1018, dated the 22nd April, 1969, see Gazette of India, 1969, Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f. 30-4-1969). 14. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 1506, dated the 11th June, 1969, see Gazette of India, 1969, Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f. 30-6-1969). 15. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 1988, dated the 22nd November, 1971, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f. 30-11-1971). 16. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 1251, dated the 23rd September, 1972, see Gazette of India, 1972 Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f. 30-9-1972). 17. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 503, dated the 12th May, 1973, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f. 31-5-1973). 1[Beer manufacturing Industry, that is to say, any industry engaged in the manufacture of the product of alcoholic fermentation of a mash in potable water of malted barley and hops, or of hops concentrated with or without the addition on other malted or unmalted cereals or other carbohydrate preparations.] 2[Beedi industry.] 3[Ferro Chrome Industry.] 4[Diamond Cutting Industry.] 5[Industries engaged in the manufacture of Myrobalan Extract Power, Myrobalan Extracts Solid and Vegetable Tanin Blended Extract.] 6[Brick Industry.] 7[Industries based on asbestos as principal raw material. 4. The nomination of a person to receive the insurance amount due to the employee after his death and the cancellation or variation of such nomination. 8[ Exaplanation .—In this Schedule, without prejudice to the ordinary meaning of the experssions used therein,— (a) the expression "Electrical, mechanical or general engineering products" includes—

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How this section changed

  1. inserted by Notification No. G.S.R. 1716, s. 3(i)

    In force from 30 Nov 1967

    Footnote: 12.Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 1716, dated the 3rd November, 1967, see Gazette of India, 1967, Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f. 30-11-1967).

  2. inserted by Notification No. G.S.R. 1018, s. 3(i)

    In force from 30 Apr 1969

    Footnote: 13. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 1018, dated the 22nd April, 1969, see Gazette of India, 1969, Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f. 30-4-1969).

  3. inserted by Notification No. G.S.R. 1506, s. 3(i)

    In force from 30 Jun 1969

    Footnote: 14. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 1506, dated the 11th June, 1969, see Gazette of India, 1969, Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f. 30-6-1969).

  4. inserted by Notification No. G.S.R. 1988, s. 3(i)

    In force from 30 Nov 1971

    Footnote: 15. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 1988, dated the 22nd November, 1971, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f. 30-11-1971).

  5. inserted by Notification No. G.S.R. 1251, s. 3(i)

    In force from 30 Sept 1972

    Footnote: 16. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 1251, dated the 23rd September, 1972, see Gazette of India, 1972 Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f. 30-9-1972).

  6. inserted by Notification No. G.S.R. 503, s. 3(i)

    In force from 31 May 1973

    Footnote: 17. Added by Notification No. G.S.R. 503, dated the 12th May, 1973, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3(i) (w.e.f. 31-5-1973).

  7. omitted by Act 33 of 1988, s. 23

    In force from 1 Oct 1988

    Footnote: 4. Omitted by s. 23, ibid . (w.e.f. 1-10-1988).