What’s in the news?

• The Government of India has launched a web portal of Coal Mines Provident Fund Organization (CMPFO) namely C-CARES developed and designed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC).
  • C-DAC is an R&D organization under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
  • CMPFO is an autonomous organization under the aegis of Ministry of Coal established in the year 1948 for administering Provident Fund and Pension schemes for the purpose of providing social security to the coal sector workers. 
  • The Organization is presently rendering services to about 3.3 lakh Provident Fund subscribers and 6.1 lakh pensioners of coal sector.
• At present, CMPFO process settlement  claims of   Provident Fund subscribers and pensioners    manually. 
• With the launch of the portal, settlement of PF and pension claims will now be processed and settled online. 
• It will facilitate faster processing, transparency in operations, better record management and monitoring. 
• The portal, C-CARES, will allow CMPF subscribers and coal companies to login and perform various functions tailored to their needs. 

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2001048