New Delhi: Sangh Parivar affiliates like the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) were annoyed over the proposal to tax EPF, with BMS leaders taking up the issue with finance minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday.
After meeting Mr Jaitley, BMS general secretary Virjesh Upadhyay said the finance minister had assured them the government was still discussing the issue and a final decision would be taken after it was discussed with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The issue also came up at the NDA meeting which was also attended by Mr Modi. Sources said some NDA MPs had raised the issue, and urged the government to reconsider its proposal to tax EPF.
Some 11 central trade unions have planned to go on a day’s nationwide general strike on March 10.
A petition has also been initiated on change.org to roll back the tax on provident fund withdrawals, and it has already been signed by over 19,000 people. The government is looking into the issue, a minister said.
