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The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is one organisation that continues to be a major source of harassment for the working population in the organised sector in India. It is a well known fact that in a majority of cases, it takes upwards of 1-2 years to get one’s PF transferred, leading many to either forget about their accumulated PF, or else withdraw it instead of transferring it (which is a relatively faster option). My proposal is to have one single EPF account per individual which will be retained by them for their entire working life.

One of the proposals in my presentation at the Mobilicity Conference at CiSTUP, IISc, related to making MG Road & Cubbon Road a signal-free corridor, appeared on the front page of Bangalore Mirror on November 24, 2009.

Everyone knows that drastic reforms are needed in pretty much every sector in India. But any debate on the same tends to get carried away in several directions, primarily because different people have different opinions on what reforms are more urgent and more important. Politicians, of course, have no opinion on this. The current logjam [...]


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Hi, I'm Vijay Padiyar! I'm a friendly guy with a witty sense of humor. I was born in Baroda, Gujarat and am currently settled in Bangalore. I'm a Leo by birth and certainly by character! So pick up any good book on zodiac signs, flip to the Leo section, and you'll know me rather well!

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