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Online claim filing in EPFO – A dream fulfilled

Amit Madanani employed with a software giant in Noida, Uttar Pradesh decides to plunge into a start-up. He puts in papers to settle his PF account. Immediately gets fed up with missing details and enclosures that he has enclosed in his claim. Balaji V employed in a Beedi establishment in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu applies for …

Please don’t settle pre-mature claims : EPFO

Benefits of being a member of a EPFO registered establishment(company) : A lumpsum amount available on superannuation. Provision to withdraw advances to take care of contingencies like marriage, sickness, buy land/house etc Minimum monthly pension of Rs 1000 on superannuation. In case of unfortunate demise of the member, pension is payable to spouse and 2 …

Increment in EPS Pension? – Impact of Supreme Court Judgement for EPS Pensioners

Pensioners of Employees' Pension Scheme are jubilant about the recent Supreme Court Judgement in the case of R C Gupta and others Vs EPFO. A lot is being talked and written about the impact of this judgement on the Pension of existing members as well as Pensioners. Lets see what impact does this judgement bring. Also …

PF Members to become House owners – Housing Scheme by EPFO

Are you a member of EPFO's Provident Fund Scheme since last three years? Is your (member + member's spouse who is a member) PF Account balance more than Rs 20,000/- ? If your answer is YES for both the questions, EPFO gives you an opportunity to become a proud house owner. Housing Scheme of EPFO Salient …

Draft Labour Code on Social Security & Welfare – Ministry of Labour & Employment seeks your comments

In line with the recommendations of the 2nd National Commission on Labour, Ministry of Labour & Employment has taken steps for simplification, amalgamation and rationalization of Central Labour Laws and replacing them with 4 Labour Codes: Code on Wages Code on Industrial Relations Code on Social Security & Welfare Code on Occupational Safety, Health & …

Pension Claim Form(Aadhar) – Simpler alternative to the conventional Form 10D

Could claiming pension be made easier than this ? Well, you can reserve your judgement for the end of this blog post. Employees' Pension Scheme membership entitles a member to receive lifelong pension after superannuation if the accumulated contributory period of his employment exceeds 10 years. However, there are also options for receiving reduced pension …

Composite Claim Form in death cases -Form 20, 5IF and 10D bundled

EPFO administers three schemes EPF, EPS and EDLI. The same was already discussed a while back here. For claiming benefits in death cases the beneficiary had to fill up three different claim forms : Form 20 - EPF benefits Form 10D - Pension benefits Form 5IF - Insurance benefits All the three claim forms required …

Composite Claim Form in EPFO -New era of Claim Settlement

EPFO is making continuous strides in e-governance and attempting to bring continuous incremental change to make its service fast, reliable and efficient. The user experience with its e-governance efforts may not be encouraging. The messages on the official facebook page and twitter handle pour out the dissatisfaction and anger in unequivocal terms of the employers/members and …

Submit e Jeevan Pramaan by 28 February 2017 – Manual Life Certificate (almost) obsolete

Last date for submitting e Jeevan Pramaan was last extended upto 31 January 2017 has been further extended upto 28 February 2017. Well, even after so many extensions the message does not seem to be meaningfully conveyed. A part of this may be attributed to the ill-planned, whimsical and fickle approach by EPFO in conveying …