Background
To make compliance with labour laws simpler and to avoid the duplication of effort by employers, the Government of Telangana introduced a Consolidated Annual Return system. Instead of submitting multiple separate returns under different labour legislations, employers now have the option to file one combined return along with maintaining integrated registers.
This reform is part of the State’s Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) initiatives and is meant to:
Applicability
The scheme is applicable to factories and industrial establishments in Telangana that fall under the ambit of various central and state labour laws. Some of the major laws covered include:
1) Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970 & Telangana Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Rules, 1971,
2) Inter State Migrant workers’ (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1979 & Telangana Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Condition of Service) Rules, 1982
3) Minimum Wages Act,1948 & Telangana Minimum Wages Rules, 1960,
4) Payment of Wages Act, 1936 & Telangana Payment of Wages Rules,1938,
5) Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961 & e Motor Transport Workers Rules, 1963,
6) Building and Other Constructions Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 & Telangana Building and Other Constructions Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 1999,
7) Beedi and Cigar Workers (Condition of Employment) Act, 1966 & Telangana Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Rules, 1968,
8) Telangana Shops and Establishments Act, 1988 & Telangana Shops and Establishments Rules, 1990,
9) Factories Act, 1948 & Telangana Factories Rules, 1950,
10) Industrial Disputes (Central) Rules, 1957,
11) Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Cess Act & 1996 & Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Cess Rules, 1998,
12) Payment of Bonus Act 1975,
13) Gratuity Act, 1972,
14) Maternity Benefit (Mines & Circus) Rules, 1963
An employer in the state of Telangana who opts for Self Certification Scheme to facilitate Ease of Doing Business in the State, needs to file Consolidated annual return by 30th April every year.
Consolidated Annual Return
Form I : Consolidated Annual Return (G.O.Ms.No.6 dated 02.03.2019)
Consolidated Annual Return in Form I for the financial year ending on 31st March to be furnished by 30th April of every year either in physical form or computer floppy, diskette or through electronic mail.
Penalty & Punishment
On failure of filing Annual return such penalty/ punishment/fine shall be as the appropriate authority may deems fit.
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