In response to the employees’ allegation that ₹800 crore had been withdrawn from their General Provident Fund (GPF) accounts “without their consent,” the State government, while dismissing the charge, termed it as a “technical glitch.”
A couple of days ago, Government Employees’ Association president K. Suryanarayana had said he was surprised to receive a message that ₹83,000 was debited from his GPF account.
Upon enquiring with the employees from other parts of the State, it was found that their GPF accounts too had been debited, Mr. Suryanarayana said. “It is estimated that nearly ₹800 crore has been debited from the accounts of about 90,000 employees across the State,” he said.
