EPFO extends deadline to apply for pension on higher wages till 11th July

EPFO adds 17 lakh 20 thousand net members in April this year

Employees Provident Fund Organisation has said that EPFO has added 17 lakh 20 thousand net members in April this year as compared to the net addition of 13 lakh 40 thousand members during March 2023. Out of 17 lakh 20 thousand members, around eight lakh 47 thousand new members have come under the social security coverage of EPFO for the first time.  Among the newly joined members, the age-group of 18-25 years constitutes 54.15 percent of the total new members added during the month. The age grou...

EPFO decides to allow withdrawal of accumulations in EPS-95 for subscribers

Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has decided to allow withdrawal of accumulations in Employees' Pension Scheme 1995 (EPS-95) for those subscribers who have only less than six months of service left. Currently, the EPFO subscribers who have less than six months of service left are allowed to withdraw the accumulations in their employees' provident fund account only. Yesterday, Union Minister for Labour and Employment  Bhupender Yadav chaired the meeting of the Centra...

EPFO adds more than 18 lakh net subscribers in July 2022

Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) added 18 lakh 23 thousand net members in July this year registering a growth of 24.48 percent in comparison to the same month of the last year, 2021.   The provisional payroll data of EPFO reflects that more than 10 lakh new members out of 18.23 lakh members have come under the social security cover of EPFO for the first time.  According to the data, more than 57 percent are from the age group of 18 to 25 years in the 10.58 lakh new members ...

EPFO adds 15.29 lakh new subscribers during January 2022

Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has added 15 lakh 29 thousand new subscribers during the month of January this year. The EPFO said that month-on-month comparison of payroll data also indicates an increase of two lakh 69 thousand net subscribers in January 2022 as compared to the net additions during the previous month of December 2021. It said, of the total 15 lakh 29 thousand net subscribers added during the month, around eight lakh 64 thousand new members have been regis...