EPFO Services To Remain Impacted Today: Know Why
Numerous subscribers have voiced their grievances regarding delays in claim settlements through EPFO's official handle on X.
Feb 28, 2024, 15:46 PM IST
EPFO adds 14.6 lakh subscribers in December 2021
The net subscriber addition in December has increased by 19.98 per cent as compared to the previous month of November 2021, a labour ministry statement said.
Feb 20, 2022, 20:29 PM IST
PF Account Holders Alert! Avoid THESE mistakes or you will lose your hard earned money
Subscribers to provident funds should be aware that the EPFO never requests money from its members via WhatsApp or any other social media platform in exchange for its services.
Feb 18, 2022, 20:02 PM IST
EPFO adds 14.81 lakh net subscribers in August, 12.61% increase over July data
Retirement fund body EPFO net added 14.81 lakh subscribers in August 2021.
Oct 20, 2021, 20:33 PM IST
EPFO's WhatsApp service redressed subscribers' grievances during COVID-19 pandemic; details here
The new grievance redressal mechanism, using Whatsapp, has gained immense popularity amongst EPFO's stakeholders.
Oct 15, 2020, 00:11 AM IST
EPFO likely to retain interest rate at 8.55% for FY19
The Central Board of Trustees headed by Labour Minister is the apex decision making body of the EPFO which finalises rate of interest on PF deposits for a financial year.
Feb 12, 2019, 13:41 PM IST
Modi govt likely to give big Pension bonanza to EPFO subscribers: Sources
The government may hike the minimum pension of EPFO Subscribers, sources said.
Feb 04, 2019, 16:09 PM IST
EPFO to inform members about contributions not deposited by firms
At present, EPFO only informs about the credit of contribution to subscribers account by SMS/email to registered universal account number holders.
Apr 25, 2018, 17:38 PM IST
Interest free partial withdrawal for EPFO members; announcement likely soon
Among the various options, the CBT will also decide in its meeting whether or not to give the subscriber an option to return the partial withdrawal to EPFO or not.
Apr 02, 2018, 16:02 PM IST
EPFO may lower interest rate on provident fund deposits for this fiscal
The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is likely to cut interest rate on the grounds that it is directly crediting exchange trade funds (ETF) units into provident fund accounts and lower yields on other investments, particularly bonds.
Nov 26, 2017, 12:25 PM IST
EPFO approves proposal to credit ETF units to PF accounts
EPFO subscribers would be able to see ETF units in their PF accounts by March- end next year.
Nov 24, 2017, 11:21 AM IST
EPFO members can apply online for Certificate of Coverage on foreign postings
The online facility for applying for CoC was started earlier this month as part of the government's Digital India initiative, the official said.
Aug 25, 2017, 16:46 PM IST
EPFO likely to announce PF rate for FY18 next month
Retirement fund body EPFO is likely to announce the interest rate on PF deposits for this fiscal at its trustee meeting slated for next month.
Jul 06, 2017, 15:48 PM IST
EPF members to get housing subsidy of Rs 2.67 lakh via HUDCO tieup
Retirement fund body EPFO on Thursday joined hands with Housing and Urban Development Corp (HUDCO) to enable its members avail credit-linked subsidy of up to Rs 2.67 lakh for buying affordable homes under PMAY.
Jun 22, 2017, 19:02 PM IST
EPFO may reduce PF Contributions to 10%
Presently, employees and employers contribute 12 percent of basic wages each towards Employees Provident Fund Scheme (EPF), Employee Pension Scheme (EPS) and Employee Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme (EDLI).
May 26, 2017, 15:19 PM IST
EPFO reduces claim settlement period to 10 days from 20
Retirement fund manager EPFO has reduced the stipulated period for settlement of various claims such PF withdrawal, pension and insurance to 10 days from 20 at present.
May 16, 2017, 20:27 PM IST
EPFO members to get loyalty-cum-life benefit of up to Rs 50,000
Retirement fund body EPFO's subscribers will get loyalty-cum-life benefit of up to Rs 50,000 at the time of retirement for contributing to the scheme for 20 years or more.
Apr 13, 2017, 11:38 AM IST
Settling EPF claims through mobile phone to be a reality soon
Nearly four crore members of retirement fund body EPFO will soon be able to settle their claims like EPF withdrawal through mobile application UMANG.
Apr 10, 2017, 16:03 PM IST
EPFO: Today is the last date of submission of digital life certificate for pensioners
EPFO has decided to allow pensioners to submit their life certificates electronically and link their accounts with their Aadhaar numbers till today.
Mar 31, 2017, 10:19 AM IST
EPFO may release its notification for housing scheme
EPFO may release its notification for housing scheme. Watch the full segment for more details
Mar 23, 2017, 22:59 PM IST
