<span style="color: #222222;">The Employees' Provident Fund Organization, EPFO has released 764 crore rupees to its pensioners. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">EPFO has 65 lakh pensioners under its pension scheme and all 135 field offices of the organization processed pension payment for April in advance to avoid inconvenience to pensioners on account of nationwide COVID-19 lockdown. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">EPFO officers and staff battled all odds to send the amount to all nodal branches of pension disbursing banks throughout India. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">All Bank branches have been directed to ensure credit of pension in the accounts of pensioners on schedule.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Timely credit of pension in this hour of need has been accorded top most priority by EPFO to bring succor to the pensioners during COVID-19 crisis.</span><br />''