The Social Security (Central) Rules, 2026
Form XXIII
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[(See rule 53(5)]
ANNUAL RETURN
FOR THE YEAR …….ENDING 31st December
Single annual integrated return to be filed online under the Occupational Safety, Health and Working
Conditions Code, 2020(37 of 2020), the Code on Industrial Relations, 2020(35 of 2020), the Code on
Social Security, 2020(36 of 2020), and the Code on Wages, 2019(29 of 2019) and the rules made there
under.
Instructions for filling up the Annual Return
(1) This return shall be filled-up and furnished on or before the 28th or 29th day of February every year.
(2) This return consists of two parts i.e. Part-I , which shall be filled up by all establishments.
(3) Part-II shall be filled-up only by the establishments that are Mines in addition to Part-I.
(4) The terms ―establishment‖ and ―mines‖ shall have the same meanings as assigned to them in the
respective Codes.
(5) This return shall be filled-up in the case of contractor or manpower supplier who has engaged
more than 50 workers and in the case of mines, even where one worker was employed during the
relevant period.
Applicable to All Establishments - Part-I
A. General Information:
Sl. Instructions for filling the column
N
o.
1. Labour EPFO, ESIC, MCA, MoLE (LIN)
Identification
Number
2. Period of the From - To- Period should be calendar year
Return
3. Name of the
Establishment
4. Email ID
(employer)
5. Telephone No.
(employer)
6. Mobile number
(employer)
7. Premise name
8. Sub-locality
9. District
10 State
.
11 Pin Code
.
12 Geo Co-ordinates
.
B(a). Hours of Work
in a day
B(b). Number of Shifts
Number of hours
in a shift
C. Details of Manpower Deployed
Directly employed Employed through Contractor Gran
d
Details
Tota
l
Skill HighlySkill Skille Semi- Un- Highl Skille Sem Un-
Category ed d Skille Skille y d i- Skille
d d Skille Skill d
d ed
(i) M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T
Maxim
um No. of employees employed in the establishment in any
day during the
year
(ii) No. to be M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T
Avera indicated
ge No. of employees employed in the establishment during
the year
(iii) Maximum M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T
number of
Migrant
Worker during
the year
(Section 59 of
OSH&WC
Code)
(iv) Number M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T M/F/T
of fixed term
employee
engaged
D. Details of contractors engaged in the Establishment:
Sl. Name with LIN of the No. of Contract Labour Engaged
No. Contractor
E. Details of various Health and Welfare Amenities provided.
Sl Nature of various welfare Statutory Instructions for filling
. amenities provided (specify the
No statute)
.
1. Whether facility of Canteen Tick yes or no in Applicable to all establishments wherein hundred
provided (as per section24(v) of the box and not or more worker including contract
OSH&WC Code, 2020) applicable labour were
ordinarily employed
2. Crèches(as per section 67of Tick yes or no in Applicable to all establishments where fifty or
Code on Social Security Code, the box and not more workers are employed
2020 and section 24 of the applicable
OSH&WC Code 2020)
2 If 2 above is not given than Tick yes or no in Reference rule.. on Social Security
a whether Crèches allowance the box and not
under Rule.. of Social Security applicable
Code given.
3. Ambulance Room(as per section Tick yes or no in Applicable to mine, building or other construction
24(2)(i) of OSH&WC Code, the box and not work wherein more than five hundred workers are
2020) applicable ordinarily employed
4. Safety Committee (as per section Tick yes or no in Applicable to establishments and factories
22(1) of OSH&WC Code, 2020. the box and not employing 500 workers or more, factory carrying
applicable on hazardous process and BOCW employing
250workers or more,
and mines employing 100 or more workers.
5. Safety Officer (as per section No. of safety In case of mine100 or more workers, in case of
22(2) of OSH&WC Code, 2020) officers
BOCW 250 or more workers and in case of dock
appointed
work 500 or more workers are ordinarily employed.
6. Qualified Medical Practitioner (as No. of There is no specification for minimum number of
per section12 Qualified Qualified Medical Practitioner employed in
(2) of OSH&WC Code 2020. Medical establishment. However, this detail is required to
Practitioner have
appointed. data on occupational health.
F. The Industrial Relations: Instructions for
filling
1. Is the Works Committee has been functioning.(Section 3 of IR Yes/No and Industrial
Code, 2020) not applicable establishment in
which 100 or more
workers are employed
(a) Date of its constitution.
2. Whether the Safety Redressal Committee constituted (Section 4 Yes/No and Industrial
of IR Code, 2020) not applicable establishment
employing 20 or
more workers
3. Number of registered Unions in the establishments.
4. Whether any negotiation union exist(Section14 of IR Code,2020) Yes/No
5. Whether any negotiating council is constituted (Section 14 of IR Yes/No
Code, 2020)
6. Number of workers discharged/dismissed, retrenched or whose services were
terminated during the year:
Dismissed Retrenched Discharged Grand
/Terminated Total
or Removed
7. Man-days lost during the year on account of
Sl. Reasons Period No.
No. /Date of
man-
days
lost
(a) Strike
(b) Lockout
8. Details of retrenchment / lay off
Sl. No. of persons Details of payment No. of No. of man-days Applies on industrial
No. retrenched during paid to retrenched workers laid lost due to lay-off establishment
the period employees off during employing 300 or more
the period workers
G. Details pertaining to maternity benefit:
No. of femNaole. oefm fpemloayleee s No. of female No. of deduction of wages, if
employees availed employees paid any made from female
maternity leave medical bonus employees
H. Details of payment of bonus:
Sl. No. of employees covered Total amount of bonus Date on which the Bonus paid
No. under the Bonus provision actually paid
I. Details of accidents, dangerous occurrence and notifiable diseases:
Sl. Total number of accidents by Total number of fatal Total number of Total number of
No. which a person injured is accidents and names of Dangerous cases of Notifiable
prevented from working for a the deceased as per Occurrences as Diseases specified
period of 48 hours or more as Section 10 of the defined under in Third Schedule of
per section 10 of the OSH&WC Code, 2020. Section 11 of the the OSH&WC Code,
OSH&WC Code, 2020. OSH&WC 2020 along with
Code,2020 the details of affected
persons
J. Man days and production lost due to accidents / dangerous occurrences
Sl. Accident/Dangerous Man days lost Production Lost
No. Occurrence
Part II (For Mines)
A. General information
1. Establishment Name
2. Name of Company/ Name of Owner
3. Type of organization (drop down) PSU Central/ PSU State/ Private/
4. Type of ownership (drop down) Firm/Association/Individual/Partnership/Company
5. Type of Mineral (drop down) Coal/Metal/Oil
6. Name of Mineral
7. Type of Mine (drop down) Belowground/ Opencast/
Aboveground/Mixed/OffShore/OnShore
8. Date of opening To be filled for first time
9 Mine Code To be filled for first time
10. Date of closing (if any) NA/ Calendar to be given
11. Date of reopening (if any) NA/ Calendar to be given
12. Depth of working in mts. Maximum Depth: Minimum Depth:
B. Statutory personnel employed in the mine (as on 31st December)
Sl. No. Designation as per Code Number of Statutory Persons required Number of Statutory
Persons employed
1.
C. Method of Working vis-a-vis Safety Parameters
1 Name of Method (Specify the name) (as per drop
down menu)
2 Quantity of mineral Produced in Cu.m./Tonne
3 Quantity of Waste/overburden removed in
Cu.m./Tonne
4 Stage of Working (as per drop down menu) Development/Extraction/Mixed
5 Permissible Void in Cu.m. For extraction
stage
6 Actual Void in Cu.m. For extraction
stage
7 Area of overhang For extraction
stage
8 Maximum Inflammable gas released in Cu. Meter For
per ton of coal produced Development
stage
9 Overall Pit slope For Opencast
mines
Individual entry for each Pit
10 Overall dump slope For Opencast
mines
Individual entry for each Dump
11 Area of fire in Sq. m.
12 Length of embankment required to be provided
against the water body
13 Length of embankment provided against the water
body
14 Length of fencing required/provided as per statute
15 No. of opening required to be sealed in case of
abandoned mines:
16 No. of Openings sealed in case of abandoned mines:
17 Number of Mock drills conducted and date of same
with coverage of employees
18 No. of Oil/Gas wells: under drilling/ under For Oil and
production/ under work over (as per drop down gas mines
menu)
19 No. of wells where production discontinued For Oil and
gas mines
20 If Yes to pt. 19 above, Action taken
21 Action Taken in respect of Wells where production For Oil and
has been discontinued gas mines
22 Maximum Quantity of explosive used in any day (in For all types
Kgs.) of mine
23 Whether Building or Structures not belonging to Yes/No/NA For Coal &
owner lies within danger zone? Metalliferous
Mines
24 Aggregate HP/KW of machineries For all types
installed/deployed in the mine for the year of mine
D. Medical examinations - Initial/Periodical (IME/PME):
During the year, total number of persons including contractual workers:
Particulars Total No. of Persons
Undergone IME
Undergone PME
Declared medically Temporary unfit
Given alternate Employment due to Medical unfitness
Terminated on account of being medically unfit
E. Details of Vocational training imparted:
During the year, total number of persons including contractual workers:
Particulars Total No. of Persons
Imparted Basic Vocational Training
Imparted Refresher Training
Imparted special Training
F. Details of Accident, Dangerous Occurrence and Occupational Diseases :
(1) Details of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences:
Sl. Date of No. of persons No. of Number of persons Nature of Mandays
No. Accidents/Dangerous killed persons injured (Excluding Occurrence lost
Occurrences received Serious Bodily
Serious Injury) and thereby
Bodily Injury prevented from
working for a period
of 48 hours or more
1.
(2) Details of Occupational diseases:
Sl. No Notified Disease No. of cases
1
G. Details of Safety Management Plan:
(a) Safety Management Plan Prepared: (Yes/No/NA)
(b) Date of Submission : Date
(c) Last date of review of Safety Management Plan: Date
(d ) Principal Hazards Identified:
Sl. no. List of Principal Principal hazard Principal hazard not Reasons for failure
hazards identified Mitigation date mitigated till 31st to mitigate the same
December
1.
H. Mines Rescue Station: (For Belowground Mines Only)
A. For Mine: (To be filled by mine owner)
(i) Address of the Rescue Station with Geo-coordinates serving the mines;
(ii) Distance of the Rescue Station from mine opening; -----(in KM)
(iii) Whether a mine Rescue Station has been established by the mine ? (Yes/No)
Mines Rescue Station: (For Belowground Mines Only)
(For Rescue Station)
For Mine Rescue Station (To be filled by the Superintendent of the Rescue Station)
(i) Name of the owner of the mine at which the Mine Rescue Station is located:
(ii) Address of MRS:
(iii) Name of the Superintendent :
(iv) Details of the mine served by the Rescue Station:
Sl. No. Name of the Mines Distance of the Mine from MRS (in Kms)
(v) Details of Personnel Deployed at Rescue Station;
Sl. No. Designation as per Code Number of statutory persons Number of statutory persons
required employed
(vi) Details of Equipment/Apparatus :
Sl. No. Type of Numbers of Equipment/Apparatus available
Equipment/Apparatus
required
(vi) Particulars of Emergency Attended:
Sl.No. Name of the Nature of Response Time Time taken for Rescue & Action Taken
Mine Emergency (time taken by Recovery
rescue services to
attend the
emergency)
(vii) Additional Information :
(a) Number of Rescue Rooms :
(b) Number of Rescue Trained Persons Required :
(c) Number of Rescue Trained Person available :
(d) Whether Canteen facility exist or not? ( Yes/No):
Certified that the tables are duly filled in and the information and figures furnished therein are correct to
the best of my knowledge.
Signature of Employer/Occupier/Owner/Agent/Manager
Place:
Dated:
PART III
ANNUAL RETURN period ending 31st December
(to be submitted by the principal employer on Shram Suvidha Portal)
1. Name of the principal employer:
2. Name of the establishment:
3. Registration number (LIN) of the establishment:
4. Details of the Contractors, wages paid, etc.:
Sl Mont Name LIN of Nam Maximu Amount Date of Amount Date of Remar
. h and the e of m paid payment of the payment ks
address contract the number against of wage wages of
of the or work of wage bill bill paid wages
contracto contract (if directly paid
(if
rs labour applicabl to the directly
applicabl
employe e) to the contract to the
d contracto e) labour contract
r by labour
(includin Principa by
g EPF, l Principa
ESIC, Employ l
Bonus er (in Employ
etc.) case the er (in
contract case the
or fails contract
to pay) or fails
to pay)
Signature of the principal employer
Date:
PART IV
Shram Shuvidha Portal
Ministry of Labour and Employment
Self-Declaration form for EPFO/ESIC Contribution Year: ___
PAN No:
LIN:(Auto-Populated)
EPF Code No. (Auto-Populated)(Editable): ESI Code No.(Auto-Populated)(Editable): Sub Code
Branch Code Nos. (Auto- Nos. (Auto-Populated)(Editable):
Populated)(Editable):
Statement of salary/wages and contribution in r/o of EPFO
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8=(5+ 9 10 11 12=( 13
=(2+3) 7) 9-
10)
Mo Total Total Tota Total Total Total Tota Total Total Da Bal No.
nth No. of no. of l no. Wages EPF Wages l Contr contri te anc of
& emplo emplo of paid to Wages paid to wag ibutio bution of e to empl
Ye yees yees empl employ paid to emplo es n paid pay be oyee
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e for eligibl s eligible ees not to all le nt d who
memb e for empl for eligibl eligibl empl (Based m
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under ership rship under under s column to be
SS under under SS SS 6) paid
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Upload Salary sheet of contribution details of all members as per Form-VIIIB(Register of Wages,
Overtime & Dedcution)
Details of Employees non-enrolled but eligible to be member:
Sr. Name of Gender Aadhaar Father‘s Date Date Date of Wages paid
No Employee Number Name
of of Exit(If
Birth Joining already
left)
Contractors details:
S.No. Name & EPF code ESI Nature Maximum Total payment made during the FY
Address No. code of Number of
of the No. work employees
contractor employed
during any
day
<*contractor details may be pre-filled from CLC Licence data if available with option to add other
contractors>
Details of tax benefit claimed by employer by way of contribution towards a recognized provident fund or
an approved superannuation fund u/s 36(1)(iv) of Income Tax Act:
Financial Year Contribution Tax benefit
UPLOAD DCOUMENTS:
S. No. DOCUMENT Name <upload field in portal>
1. Balance Sheet* <upload field for Balance Sheet of the financial
year>
2. Form 26AS* <upload field for Form 26AS of the financial year>
3. Form 26Q* <upload field for Form 26Q of the financial year>
*mandatory field
(Signature of the Employer/authorized representative)
*Section 36(1)(iv) of Income Tax Act:
any sum paid by the assessee as an employer by way of contribution towards a recognised provident fund or an
approved superannuation fund, subject to such limits as may be prescribed for the purpose of recognising the
provident fund or approving the superannuation fund, as the case may be; and subject to such conditions as the
Board may think fit to specify in cases where the contributions are not in the nature of annual contributions of
fixed amounts or annual contributions fixed on some definite basis by reference to the income chargeable
under the head "Salaries" or to the contributions or to the number of members of the fund;