EPFO provides online certificate of coverage to Indians going overseas for work: Gangwar
By TIOL News Service
NEW DELHI, DEC 20, 2017: Answering a question in the Rajya Sabha today, the MoS for Labour, Mr Santosh Kumar Gangwar, said that the facility is available to Indian workers who are deputed by their employers to the countries with whom India has entered into a Social Security Agreement (SSA) and they take Certificate of Coverage (COC) from Employees' Provident Fund Organization (EPFO). An online facility to obtain Certificate of Coverage (COC) has been launched by EPFO.
India has entered into Social Security Agreements (SSAs) with 18 countries, namely:-
(i) Australia
(ii) Austria
(iii) Belgium
(iv) Canada
(v) Czech Republic
(vi) Denmark
(vii) Finland
(viii) France
(ix) Germany
(x) Hungary
(xi) Japan
(xii) Republic of Korea (South Korea)
(xiii) Luxembourg, (xiv) Netherlands,
(xv) Norway
(xvi) Portugal
(xvii) Sweden
(xviii) Switzerland
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