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What is the voluntary rate of Provident Fund contribution by the member? What is
procedure of enrolment/Changes/discontinuation in VPF.
As per the Act, the member has to contribute at the rate of 12% of his basic pay, D.A. &
retaining allowance if any. In case the member wants to contribute more than this,
voluntarily he can do so at any rate he desires. i.e. up to 88% of basic and D.A. But the
employer is not bound to contribute at the enhanced rate.
An employee can enter in VPF Scheme at any time during the year. Similarly VPF can be
stopped at any time and request for the same can be submitted through regional HR team.
Change in rate of contribution is allowed only in March (payroll cycle) every year and an
employee cant change the rate of VPF before completion of one year tenure of contribution
in VPF.
Please ensure to provide the scan copy of the dully signed filled form to Ms. Neetu Yadav at
neetu.yadav@alcatel-lucent.com on or before 10th day of month for effecting the enrolment
in VPF from current month. Any request received post 10th day of month will be considered
in next month. Please submit hard copy of the Form on or before 20th day of the month. For
enrolment the VPF Declaration Form under tab FORMS is available on web portal of
Mynd Solutions.
For confirmation of receipt of Form, please raise your query on web portal of Mynd
Solutions after 7days of submission of Form to concerned person
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4. If at the time of making a nomination the member has no family, the nomination
may be in favour of any person or persons but if the member subsequently acquires
a family, such nomination shall forthwith be deemed to be invalid and the member
shall make a fresh nomination in favour of on or more persons belonging to his
family.
[(4A) Where the nomination is wholly or partly in favour of a minor, the member
may, for the purpose of this Scheme, appoint a major person of his family, as defined
in clause (g) of Paragraph 2, to be the guardian of the minor nominee in the event of
the member predeceasing the nominee and the guardian so appointed:
PROVIDED that where there is no major person in the family, the member may, at
his discretion, appoint any other person to be a guardian of the minor nominee.]
5. A nomination made under sub-paragraph (1) may at any time be modified by a
member after giving a written notice of his intention of doing so in Form [2] annexed
hereto. If the nominee predeceases the member, the interest of the nominee shall
revert to the member who may make a fresh nomination in respect of such interest.
6. A nomination or its modification shall take effect to the extent that it is valid on the
date on which it is received by the Commissioner.
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Suppose employee does not have a Family and he/she dies before receiving benefit. Does
his/her pension get lost?
No, if he/she does not have a family, benefits will be paid to his/her legal heir and in case
of any disputes between claimants then succession certificate from Court will be mandatory.
Suppose member has not nominated anyone?
In case of unmarried one, the amount will be paid to dependant father or dependant mother
as the case may be.
In case of married one, the amount will be paid to his/her spouse and childrens.
10 How many years service is required to be eligible to receive pension?
Minimum 10 years eligible service will entitle for pension.
11 What is the declaration of employment
At the time of joining employee have to submit Form 11 along-with Form 2 (Nomination
Form) duly filled and Signed by him/her, to respective HR department
1. Employee will fill the Form 11 in following manner :
a. In point no.(a) fill name & address and date of leaving with previous
employer, employee must fill details of last to last employer, if applicable
b. In point no. (b) employee will fill the details of last PF office along with date
of membership of Pension Fund and PF code allotted by previous employers.
c. Employee must fill the details of funds withdrawn/not withdrawn in point
no. (c) to (h)
2. It will be signed by Authorised Signatory of the company and kept these form in
their custody. They will provide these forms whenever required by consultant or PF
Department for inspection.
12 What is the process of PF Transfer from Previous Employer?
Member can apply for PF transfer from his/her previous PF Account Number (with
previous organization) to his/her new PF account number with present employer. Its
mandatory to submit Form 13 in two original copies where funds of previous employer are
managed by PF Trust.
1. Employee can apply the PF transfer through Form No. 13. Serial No. 1 to 8 should be
completely filled and form should be signed by the employee.
Please note :
a) Submission of Form 3A along-with Form 13 is mandatory, if employee had left
the previous organization in current FY and funds are lying with any of the
RPFC.
b) Submission of Form 3A is not mandatory if funds are managed by any of the PF
Trust. In this scenario employee need to obtain Form7PS from previous
employer.
2. Filled Form will be sent to Ms. Neetu Yadav on under-mentioned address:
Alcatel Lucent India Ltd.
Plot No. 406, Fortune Towers,
Building No-1, Udyog Vihar, Phase-III, Gurgaon 122 016 (Haryana)
For confirmation of receipt of Form, please raise your query on web portal of Mynd
Solutions after 7days of submission of Form to concerned person
3. Mynd Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Will process the form and submit the same with **concern
authority (RPFC/Trust) within 20 days (for new hired within 20 working days from
the date of allotment of PF No. which will be allotted after 20 working days of
disbursement of first salary) from the date of submission. In case of any discrepancy
in application Mynd will inform to employee within 10 working days from the date
of receipt of application by them.
** Concern Authority means the RPFC, Gurgaon/Mumbai where Alcatel is currently
complying. Submission of transfer Form through our own RPFC is mandatory
because before transfer of funds by previous RPFC confirmation of PF Account no.
by RPFC, Gurgaon Alcatel is mandatory.
In case of transfer of funds from Trust of previous employer we will submit the
application directly to Trust.
4. Mynd will provide scan copy of submitted application within 7 working days of to
concerned employee.
5. Employee will get auto generated e-mail from helpdesk team on receipt of transfer of
funds from RPFC/ Trust and he/she can view the same in PF ledger of current year.
6. Normally RPFCs are taking 3-4 months time in transfer of funds. In case of nonreceipt of PF transfer within 4 months employee can follow personally with RPFC,
Gurgaon/Mumbai with help of submitted copy shared by helpdesk team. Employee
can reach RPFC, Gurgaon/Mumbai at following address
RPFC, Gurgaon
The Regional Provident Fund Commissioner
Plot No. 43, Sector- 44,
Gurgaon 122 002 (Haryana)
RPFC, Mumbai
The Regional Provident Fund Commissioner
341, Bhavishya Nidhi Bhawan,
Bandra (East) Mumbai- 400 051
For contact details and e-mail employees can refer to following link of EPFO i.e.
www.epfindia.gov.in
system (ticket system) within 10 working days from the date of receipt of withdrawal
Forms. For remaining correct forms Mynd will process and pay the funds through
NEFT/Cheque within 45 working days from the date of receipt of claims.
Payment of Pension Fund : EPS (pension) withdrawal application will be submitted with in
a month with respective RPFC after the required verification. Similar procedure, as
mentioned in above paragraph, will be followed for incorrect applications.
Mynd Team will provide scan copy of submitted application to employees. RPFC will
directly pay to employees through NEFT. Tentatively 3-4 months are taking by RPFCs in
settlement of pension withdrawals. If any employee had served more than 9.5 years
(including service period of previous employer, if pension transfer already effected) then
withdrawal is not permissible and benefits of the same will be paid in form of pension on
attaining retirement age/ to nominee in case of death.
15 What are the benefits available to employees while in service?
The member shall be entitled to the under noted benefits while in service:Member may avail non-refundable loan facility against his/her PF accumulations
subject to fulfillment of conditions laid down in the trust rules, for housing
loan,repayment of existing housing loan,marriage (self & dependent family
members) / /medical treatment (self & family) etc.
16 What happens to the Pension Fund (8.33% (maximum Rs.541/- per month)?
RPFC will pay pension to employees in case of retirement and to his/her family in case of
death of the employee. Employee may withdraw contributed amount from RPFC if he/she
had not completed 10 years of service.
17 And /or how about the sending the annual statement of accounts to each employee by a
certain date on a yearly basis.
Yearly statements are available on web portal and can be accessed by individual employees
through login credentials. In statement reflected on web portal, carry forwards balances of
EPS (Pension) are not showing because these funds are managed by the office of RPFC.
Further the benefits of the said scheme is purely based on DEFINED BENEFIT not on
CONTRIBUTION DEFINED
18 What are the forms required for PF & Pension ?
Please visit our web site at http://retirals.myndsolution.com for necessary forms
19 How to get the update balance ?
You can raise a query through our help desk support system (ticket system). and you will
get a statement. If you have not left the company then you can view your PF Accumulations
on website of http://retirals.myndsolution.com with help of login and password provided.
20 How can I get my login ID & password
After disbursement of first salary an auto generated e-mail from helpdesk team will reach to
all new joiners containing login credentials. In case of any further assistance on login
credentials please write to please write to HRSC India at hrsc.india@alcatel-lucent.com
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