Regional PF officers given one month to examine joint options for higher pension
1 year, 11 months ago

Regional PF officers given one month to examine joint options for higher pension

The Hindu  

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation has released yet another circular on implementing the Supreme Court order on higher PF pension. Regional Provident Fund officers were given one month’s time to examine the joint options for higher pension submitted by employees and employers. The circular released by Regional PF Commissioner Aprajita Jaggi on April 22 said the applications and joint options for higher PF pension would be examined by the regional offices. Ms. Jaggi added that in cases where the submitted information is not complete or erroneous, regional offices will seek information from the employers under intimation to the employees and pensioners within one month. However, if, complete information is not received within one month, the order will be passed on merit by the APFC /RPFC-II/RPFC-1,” the circular said.

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About 22,000 EPFO members got higher pension, 1.65 lakh asked to contribute additional amount
1 month, 3 weeks ago

About 22,000 EPFO members got higher pension, 1.65 lakh asked to contribute additional amount

Live Mint  

New Delhi, Feb 3 Retirement fund body EPFO has issued 21,885 pension payment orders and asked 1.65 lakh eligible members to deposit additional amount for higher pension, Parliament was informed on Monday. A total of 17,48,768 applications were submitted by members/pensioners for getting higher pension on making higher contribution under Employees' Pension Scheme 1995 run by Employees' Provident Fund Organisation, …

Higher Pension: Employers must submit wage details by January 2025 to get benefits
3 months, 1 week ago

Higher Pension: Employers must submit wage details by January 2025 to get benefits

Live Mint  

The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation provides an online facility for submitting wage details by employers for pensions on higher wages. “A final opportunity is being given to the employers till 31.01.2025 to ensure that employers process and upload these pending Applications for Validation of Option / Joint Options,” EPFO said in a statement. Additionally, the EPFO has also asked employers …

EPFO Extends Deadline For Employers To Process Pending Higher Pension Applications; Check Details Here
3 months, 1 week ago

EPFO Extends Deadline For Employers To Process Pending Higher Pension Applications; Check Details Here

ABP News  

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation has extended the deadline for employers until January 31, 2025, to process and upload approximately 3.1 lakh pending applications for the validation of options or joint options under the pension scheme for higher wages. “In spite of so many extensions, it has been observed that more than 3.1 lakh applications for validation of options or …

Employers can file wage details till Jan 31 for higher pension
3 months, 1 week ago

Employers can file wage details till Jan 31 for higher pension

Live Mint  

New Delhi, Dec 18 Retirement fund body EPFO has extended time till January 31, 2025 for employers to upload wage details etc regarding 3.1 lakh pending applications for pension on higher wages. An online facility was made available by EPFO for submitting applications for validation of options/joint options for pension on higher wages, a labour ministry statement said. In view …

EPFO: Have you not filed wage details yet? Retirement fund body extends date for last time | Check here
3 months, 1 week ago

EPFO: Have you not filed wage details yet? Retirement fund body extends date for last time | Check here

India TV News  

Employees' Provident Fund Organisation - a retirement fund body - extended time till January 31, 2025 for employers to upload wage details etc. Accordingly, the last date for submission of applications was extended to July 11, 2023 and a total of 17.49 lakh applications were received from pensioners/members till July 11, 2023. In view of representations received from Employers and …

EPFO extends deadline for employers to upload pending pension applications
3 months, 1 week ago

EPFO extends deadline for employers to upload pending pension applications

India TV News  

EPFO pension: The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation has extended the deadline till January 31, 2025, for employers to upload wage details, etc regarding 3.1 lakh pending applications for pension on higher wages. Final opportunity till January 31, 2025 In spite of so many extensions, it has been observed that more than 3.1 lakh applications for validation of options / joint …

What are the issues faced by EPFO pensioners?
6 months, 2 weeks ago

What are the issues faced by EPFO pensioners?

The Hindu  

The story so far: Nearly 78 lakh Provident Fund pensioners across the country under the Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995 of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation will receive their pension through any bank, any branch from January 1, 2025. The Union Labour Ministry cleared the proposal earlier this month for a Centralised Pension Payment System as part of the EPFO’s ongoing …

EPFO: Employers can upload wage details online for higher pension until May 31
1 year, 2 months ago

EPFO: Employers can upload wage details online for higher pension until May 31

Live Mint  

The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation on Wednesday said it has extended the last date for employers to upload wage details for higher pension by five months. The extension of time for the employers to upload the wage details online is till May 31, 2024, said the Ministry of Labour and Employment in a statement. Earlier, the deadline to upload wage …

Higher PF pension | Employers get five more months to process applications
1 year, 2 months ago

Higher PF pension | Employers get five more months to process applications

The Hindu  

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation on Wednesday extended the time for employers for uploading and submitting the joint options of employees to claim higher pension with their wage details online till May 31. The EPFO had started an online facility for submitting applications for validation of option and joint options for pension on higher wages on February 26, 2023 till …

The woes of pensioners and PF members
1 year, 2 months ago

The woes of pensioners and PF members

The Hindu  

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation ’s recent clarification on the implementation of the 2022 Supreme Court verdict on higher Provident Fund pension seems to have added to the woes of pensioners and PF members. Issues in pension computation In the most contentious matter of pension computation, the clarification, which states that pension will be calculated as per paragraph 12 of …

EPFO FAQs: One year after Supreme Court verdict, EPFO releases FAQs for implementing higher pension
1 year, 3 months ago

EPFO FAQs: One year after Supreme Court verdict, EPFO releases FAQs for implementing higher pension

The Hindu  

The Employees Provident Fund Organisation, more than a year after the Supreme Court’s verdict on higher Provident Fund pension, has sent to all its units a set of frequently asked questions on implementing the verdict. Trade unions and employers’ representatives have been seeking clarity from the EPFO on the matter, especially on accessing the records of an employee while validating …

Higher PF pension | Employers get three more months to validate joint options
1 year, 6 months ago

Higher PF pension | Employers get three more months to validate joint options

The Hindu  

The Employees Pension Fund Organisation on September 29 has extended the time for employers to upload and validate the joint options and wage details of employees for higher provident fund pension. To implement the Supreme Court order of November 4, 2022 on the matter of higher PF pension, the EPFO had launched a window in the members’ portal to submit …

Pre-2014 retirees may move court against validity of EPFO circulars
1 year, 6 months ago

Pre-2014 retirees may move court against validity of EPFO circulars

The Hindu  

Despite suffering a setback in the Supreme Court last month, a section of pre-2014 retirees covered under the Employees’ Pension Scheme 1995 of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation is exploring the possibility of challenging legally the validity of EPFO’s circulars issued in December 2022 and January 2023. Indicating this, Dada Tukaram Zode, national legal adviser, Employees Pension Co-ordination Committee, points …

NCLT Mumbai Refuses To Admit Belated Claim Of EPFO Submitted Post Approval Of Resolution Plan By The CoC
1 year, 7 months ago

NCLT Mumbai Refuses To Admit Belated Claim Of EPFO Submitted Post Approval Of Resolution Plan By The CoC

Live Law  

The National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai Bench, comprising of Shri Kuldip Kumar Kareer and Smt. Anuradha Sanjay Bhatia, while adjudicating an application filed in Small Industrial Development Bank of India v E & G Global Estates Limited, has refused to admit the claim of Employee Provident Fund Organization, which was submitted belatedly after the approval of resolution plan by the …

EPFO extends deadline to apply for higher pension till July 11
1 year, 9 months ago

EPFO extends deadline to apply for higher pension till July 11

The Hindu  

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation has extended the deadline for members and pensioners to apply for higher Provident Fund pension till July 11 The deadline was to expire on June 26. The EPFO said it would be the “last opportunity” for employees to submit the joint options to get pension on higher wages. Over 16 lakh applications received The EPFO …

Higher EPF Scheme | Extend deadline, simplify application process, employers tell EPFO
1 year, 9 months ago

Higher EPF Scheme | Extend deadline, simplify application process, employers tell EPFO

The Hindu  

Higher EPF Scheme As the June 26 deadline to submit joint options to claim higher provident fund pensions nears, several employers and their representatives are learnt to have approached the Employees Provident Fund Organisation, seeking an extension, as well as a simplified process. Considering this, I am sure the EPFO will extend the date of joint submission,” he said, adding …

EPF Pension: Delhi High Court Restrains EPFO From Taking Coercive Steps On Basis Of Recovery Notices For Higher Pension
1 year, 9 months ago

EPF Pension: Delhi High Court Restrains EPFO From Taking Coercive Steps On Basis Of Recovery Notices For Higher Pension

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court recently restrained the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation from taking any coercive steps with respect to the notices issued to various pensioners by it for making recoveries of the differential amount on higher pension received by them from many years. Justice Rekha Palli passed the interim order in the pleas moved by four pensioners who, after their …

Applications for higher pensions under EPS to be assessed within 20 days of receipt: EPFO
1 year, 9 months ago

Applications for higher pensions under EPS to be assessed within 20 days of receipt: EPFO

Hindustan Times  

The joint applications for higher pensions under the Employees' Pension Scheme will have to be scrutinised within 20 days of receipt, the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation has directed its field officers. “Hence, it is reiterated that each Applications for Validation of Joint Option/Joint Option shall be scrutinized expeditiously and it shall be ensured that Demand Letter to Employer/Communication to Employer …

Higher pension: EPFO directs offices to calculate dues with interest
1 year, 10 months ago

Higher pension: EPFO directs offices to calculate dues with interest

The Hindu  

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation has issued an internal circular directing its regional offices on the method to calculate the dues of subscribers who apply for higher PF pension. According to the circular, 8.33% of employer share on higher pay from November 16, 1995 or from the date the pay exceeds the wage ceiling of ₹6,500 and 1.16% of employer …

Give an opportunity to pre-2014 retirees to avail of higher PF pensions: Kerala MP
1 year, 10 months ago

Give an opportunity to pre-2014 retirees to avail of higher PF pensions: Kerala MP

The Hindu  

The demand to provide an opportunity to those pensioners who came under the Employees’ Pension Scheme of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation and retired prior to September 1, 2014, without exercising the joint option to avail themselves of higher PF pensions, has been renewed by John Brittas, Member of Parliament from Kerala. In a seven-page letter sent to the Union …

EPFO extends deadline to apply for higher pension till June 26
1 year, 10 months ago

EPFO extends deadline to apply for higher pension till June 26

Hindustan Times  

Employees' Provident Fund Organisation on Tuesday extended the date for filing applications to opt for a higher pension till June 26, 2023. Here's how to check your PF balance According to the statement by the ministry of Labour and Employment, the timeline for filing applications has been extended in order to provide a larger window of opportunity and in order …

EPFO extends deadline to apply for higher pension till June 26
1 year, 10 months ago

EPFO extends deadline to apply for higher pension till June 26

Live Mint  

Retirement fund body EPFO on Tuesday extended the deadline to apply for higher pension till June 26. EPFO has made arrangements for obtaining applications for the validation of option / joint option from pensioners / members as per the Hon’ble Supreme Court order dated 4 November 2022. Earlier, the Supreme Court in its order on November 4, 2022 had mandated …

Government extends date to opt for higher EPF pension to June 26
1 year, 10 months ago

Government extends date to opt for higher EPF pension to June 26

The Hindu  

The Centre has extended the time to submit joint options to claim higher provident fund pension till June 26. They said such a requirement, while submitting the joint options for higher pension, is designed to discourage and disqualify applications for higher pensions. They added that the calculation of the actual quantum of money to be recovered from the provident fund …

Extend deadline by 6 months for online submission of consent for higher PF pension: Kerala MP
1 year, 10 months ago

Extend deadline by 6 months for online submission of consent for higher PF pension: Kerala MP

The Hindu  

With the period stipulated by the Employers’ Provident Fund Organisation expiring on Wednesday for sections of employees and pensioners to exercise joint option along with their employers for higher PF pension, the demand has been made by John Brittas, Member of Parliament from Kerala, for extending the deadline by six months. Gupta judgment of the Supreme Court in 2016, Mr. …

Higher pension from EPF: Will EPFO extend the deadline?
1 year, 10 months ago

Higher pension from EPF: Will EPFO extend the deadline?

Live Mint  

With less than 2 days left for individuals to apply for higher pensions under the Employees' Pension Scheme, the question is: Will EPFO extend the deadline? The EPFO issued a circular on 23 April in which it stated that applications and joint options for higher pension will be examined by the field office. Now, on demand of the employees’/employers’ associations …

Higher pension | EPFO to wait for number of applicants before releasing calculation process
1 year, 11 months ago

Higher pension | EPFO to wait for number of applicants before releasing calculation process

The Hindu  

Even as the last date to file joint options to claim higher Provident Fund pension ends on May 3, the Centre has decided to wait for the total number of applicants before releasing the procedures to calculate the pension and the share of employees. The amendments to the Employees’ Pension Scheme of 1995 to decide the future of the Centre’s …

As EPFO higher pension scheme deadline arrives, check eligibility, interest rate and other details
1 year, 11 months ago

As EPFO higher pension scheme deadline arrives, check eligibility, interest rate and other details

Hindustan Times  

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation has set May 3 as the last date to submit an application for higher pension under the Employees' Pension Scheme. Employees who became members before 1 September 2014 and continue to be one can apply for higher pension. Documents to submit Employees should share an agreement to allow the transfer of funds from the provident …

Higher pension from EPFO: Deadline, Eligibility, interest rate and other details
1 year, 11 months ago

Higher pension from EPFO: Deadline, Eligibility, interest rate and other details

Live Mint  

With just less than a week left for individuals to apply for higher pensions under the Employees' Pension Scheme, the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation has issued new details for scrutiny of information and wage details submitted by the employee and employer for higher pension. Confusion over EPFO note on higher pension As per Amit Gupta, MD, SAG Infotech, EPFO in …

EPFO addresses concerns over higher pension under EPS in its official circular
1 year, 11 months ago

EPFO addresses concerns over higher pension under EPS in its official circular

Firstpost  

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation has released a circular addressing concerns raised by employees and pensioners when applying for higher pension under the Employees’ Pension Scheme. The EPFO extended the deadline for submitting the joint application form for higher pension from the Employees’ Pension Scheme to 3 May, which was originally set for 3 March, 2023. The notification provides clarification …

From PF Settlement, Pension To Nomination: 5 Types Of Provident Fund Forms
1 year, 11 months ago

From PF Settlement, Pension To Nomination: 5 Types Of Provident Fund Forms

News 18  

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation is a statutory body that manages the Employees’ Provident Fund and other schemes related to the welfare of an employee. We have listed down a few types of EPFO forms that employees must have information about: –Form 19: This form is used to withdraw the EPF balance after leaving the job. The employer is required …

Minister clears the air over clause restricting persons opting for higher PF pension
1 year, 11 months ago

Minister clears the air over clause restricting persons opting for higher PF pension

The Hindu  

Union Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav on Thursday clarified that employees and pensioners covered under the Employees’ Pension Scheme of 1995, “are not restricted from filing application forms/ joint options,” in the absence of the requirement of permission under paragraph 26 of the Employees’ Provident Fund Scheme, 1952. Replying to a set of questions raised by John Brittas, Communist Party of …

Kerala High Court issues notice to Centre, PF Commissioner on plea against proof for higher contribution
2 years ago

Kerala High Court issues notice to Centre, PF Commissioner on plea against proof for higher contribution

The Hindu  

The Kerala High Court has issued a notice to the Union government and the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner on a writ petition challenging the requirement to furnish proof of having paid higher provident fund contribution under para 26 of the Employees Provident Fund Scheme by the employees for getting higher pension. In a writ petition, Sasheer S. and other 19 …

EPF Pension | Kerala High Court Seeks EPFO Response On Plea Challenging Condition To Show Proof Of Giving Higher Pension Option
2 years ago

EPF Pension | Kerala High Court Seeks EPFO Response On Plea Challenging Condition To Show Proof Of Giving Higher Pension Option

Live Law  

A plea has been filed in the Kerala High Court challenging the requirement of submission of proof of having opted for paying higher Provident Fund contribution under paragraph 26 of the Employees Provident Fund Scheme, towards the higher PF pension. Justice Ziyad Rahman A.A., on Wednesday, admitted the plea, and granted time to the EPFO to submit counter affidavit in …

Calcutta High Court Issues Direction On Pension Scheme Further To Supreme Court’s Guidelines In EPF Pension Case
2 years ago

Calcutta High Court Issues Direction On Pension Scheme Further To Supreme Court’s Guidelines In EPF Pension Case

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has directed that writ petitioners, who were in service as on 01.09.2014 and were also members of the Employees’ Pension Scheme 1995 shall be entitled to exercise option which shall cover the pre-amended paragraph 11 as also paragraph 11 of EPS 1995. The single bench of Justice Raja Basu Chowdhury directed Indian Oil Corporation Limited to …

Maharashtra power utilities’ trust seeks EPFO nod with retrospective effect for higher pension
2 years ago

Maharashtra power utilities’ trust seeks EPFO nod with retrospective effect for higher pension

The Hindu  

With a view to making employees and a section of retired employees of the State power utilities in Maharashtra eligible for higher Provident Fund pension, the MSEB Contributory Provident Fund Trust has sought permission of the PF authorities with retrospective effect for exercising joint option under paragraph 26 of the Employees PF Scheme. The power utilities in question are the …

EPF Board meet pushed to March 27-28
2 years ago

EPF Board meet pushed to March 27-28

The Hindu  

The government on Monday announced the deferral of a meeting of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation board, where it is expected to finalise the EPF rate to be paid on crores of formal sector workers’ retirement savings in its custody for 2022-23. Chaired by Union Labour and Employment Minister Bhupender Yadav, the board of trustees of the EPFO was earlier …

Reprieve for EPS subscribers retired before September 1, 2014
2 years ago

Reprieve for EPS subscribers retired before September 1, 2014

The Hindu  

Following demands from various employees’ and employers’ associations, Union Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav on March 13 extended the time for submitting applications for validation of joint options for higher Provident Fund pension for employees retired before September 1, 2014, till May 3, 2023. The Ministry had earlier extended the date of submission of joint options for Employees Pension Scheme subscribers …

Explained | A breakdown of the higher pension scheme
2 years ago

Explained | A breakdown of the higher pension scheme

The Hindu  

The story so far: The long wait of subscribers of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation and those who retired after September 1, 2014, to apply for higher PF pension under the Employees’ Pension Scheme of 1995 came to an end on February 27 with the Organisation providing a web link on its members’ page. Even though employers, in many instances, …

EPF Pension : Kerala High Court Restrains EPFO From Reducing Higher Pension Received By Petitioners
2 years ago

EPF Pension : Kerala High Court Restrains EPFO From Reducing Higher Pension Received By Petitioners

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday, while considering the plea moved by persons aggrieved by the abrupt discontinuance or reduction of the pension that was being received by them, directed that the same shall not be curtailed, limited or stopped without specific orders from the Court. The petitioners herein, who are covered under the provisions of the Employees Provident Fund …

EPFO starts accepting joint options for higher pension
2 years, 1 month ago

EPFO starts accepting joint options for higher pension

The Hindu  

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation has enabled a web link on its members’ page on February 27, 2023 allowing employees and pensioners to opt for higher provident fund pension based on actual salary. “The joint option for employees who were in service prior to September 1, 2014, and continued to be in service on or after September 1, 2014, but …

EPFO sets May 3 as deadline for subscribers to opt for higher pension
2 years, 1 month ago

EPFO sets May 3 as deadline for subscribers to opt for higher pension

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation on Monday set May 3 as the deadline for subscribers to opt for a higher pension. The Supreme Court on November 4 allowed another change for employees who were existing EPS members as on September 1, 2014, to contribute up to 8.33 per cent of their actual salaries - as against 8.33 per …

Provide more time to submit options for higher PF pension: CITU
2 years, 1 month ago

Provide more time to submit options for higher PF pension: CITU

The Hindu  

The Centre of Indian Trade Unions has urged Central Provident Fund Commissioner Neelam Shami Rao for a “substantial extension of time” beyond March 3 for workers to submit joint options with employers to the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation for receiving higher pension. CITU general secretary Tapan Sen, in a letter, said the circular issued by the EPFO on Monday on …

EPFO Update: Know How To Get Higher Pension Under EPS. Check Guidelines & Eligibility Here
2 years, 1 month ago

EPFO Update: Know How To Get Higher Pension Under EPS. Check Guidelines & Eligibility Here

ABP News  

EPFO Update : Employees Provident Fund Organisation has opened a new window for subscribers who couldn’t opt for higher pensions earlier through guidelines issued on Monday. EPFO Update : Check the guidelines to be followed for applying for a higher pension The request will be made in such form and manner, as may be decided by the Regional Provident Fund …

Waiting to rush: On EPFO guidelines on higher PF pension scheme
2 years, 1 month ago

Waiting to rush: On EPFO guidelines on higher PF pension scheme

The Hindu  

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation has not acquitted itself well by issuing a circular on higher PF pension at the fag end of the four-month period the Supreme Court had allowed in its November 2022 judgment. This time period was given to members of the Employees’ Pension Scheme of 1995 who were in service as on September 1, 2014 and …

EPFO issues guidelines to let subscribers opt for higher pension. Check details
2 years, 1 month ago

EPFO issues guidelines to let subscribers opt for higher pension. Check details

Hindustan Times  

The Employees Provident Fund Organisation has introduced new guidelines, under which subscribers and employers can jointly apply for higher pension under Employees' Pension Scheme. According to HT's sister website Mint, EPFO has now allowed subscribers to go beyond the pensionable salary, capped at ₹15,000 per month. The same amendment also allowed members and their employers to jointly contribute 8.33% of …

Latest EPFO circular raises further concerns
2 years, 1 month ago

Latest EPFO circular raises further concerns

The Hindu  

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation’s February 20, 2023 circular, laying down the broad contours of eligibility for those members of the Employees’ Pension Scheme who were in service as on September 1, 2014 for seeking higher pension, has raised further concerns from activists. Namazi, former Chief Law Officer of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation and now the general secretary …

EPFO issues guidelines for employees, pensioners to opt for higher pension
2 years, 1 month ago

EPFO issues guidelines for employees, pensioners to opt for higher pension

The Hindu  

After days of discussions, the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation has issued a circular on Monday to its regional offices with a set of instructions to implement the November 4 judgment of the Supreme Court on higher provident fund pension. Employees can submit the joint option with the employers using the members’ section of the EPFO website, which will be made …

EPFO gives last chance to opt for higher EPS pension: Latest guidelines
2 years, 1 month ago

EPFO gives last chance to opt for higher EPS pension: Latest guidelines

Live Mint  

Are you a member of Employees' Pension Scheme prior to 31 August, 2014 and continue to be the same? EPFO's new procedure will enable subscribers and their employers to jointly apply for higher pension under Employees' Pension Scheme. EPFO has asked its field offices to provide an option for higher pension to eligible subscribers in accordance with the Supreme Court …

EPFO Unveils Procedure To Apply For Higher Pension Under Employees Pension Scheme
2 years, 1 month ago

EPFO Unveils Procedure To Apply For Higher Pension Under Employees Pension Scheme

ABP News  

Retirement fund body EPFO on Monday came out with a procedure to enable subscribers and their employers to jointly apply for higher pension under Employees' Pension Scheme. EPFO has asked its field offices to provide an option for higher pension to eligible subscribers in accordance with the Supreme Court order. The apex court in its order gave four more months …

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