the 23rd november, 2012 bill no l of 2012 the  employees'  provident  funds  and  miscellaneous provisions (amendment)  bill,  2012 a bill further to amend the employees' provident funds and miscellaneous provisions act, 1952be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-third year of the republic of india as follows:—short title and commencement1 (1) this act may be called the employees' provident funds and miscellaneous provisions (amendment) act, 20122 in sub-section (3) of section 1 of the employees' provident funds and miscellaneous provisions act, 1952,—amendment of section 1 of act 19 of 1952(i) in clause (a), for the word "twenty" the word "five" shall be substituted10(ii) in clause (b), for the word "twenty" the word "five" shall be substituted(iii) in the proviso for the word "twenty" the word "five" shall besubstituted statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthe sub-section (3) of section 1 of the employees' provident funds and miscellaneous provisions act, 1952 provides its applicability to all the establishments having engaged twenty or more personsin india millions of employees work in such establishments where less than twenty persons are engaged and such persons are deprived of various social security benefits such as pension, gratuity and provident fund they should also be entitled to such benefits under the act for its proper implementationthe bill proposing amendments to section 1 of the act seeks to achieve the aforesaid objectiveshence, this billrama chandra khuntia annexure extracts from the employees' provident funds and miscellaneous provisions act, 1952 (act no 19 of 1952)  short title, extent and application1  [(1) this act may be called the employees' provident funds and miscellaneous provisions act, 1952](2) it extends to the whole of india except the state of jammu and kashmir [(3) subject to the provisions contained in section 16, it applies—(a) to any other establishment employing [twenty] or more persons or class of such establishments which the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, specify in this behalf; and(b) to every establishment which is a factory engaged in any industry specified in schedule and in which [twenty] or more persons are employed provided that the central government may, after giving not less than two months' notice of its intention so to do by notification in the official gazette, apply the provisions of this act to any establishment employing such number of persons less than [twenty] as may be specified in the notification](a) rajya   sabha———— a billfurther to amend the employees' provident funds and miscellaneous provisions act, 1952————(shri  rama chandra khuntia, mp)gmgipmrnd—3513rs(s3)—26-11-2012