A big update is coming out regarding the Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO). Government FF Rajir Martad is considering several reluctant to provide benefits to the employees. It is especially considering giving huge benefits to the employees who contribute to pension. EPS-95 is discussing increasing the pension.
Labor organizations are demanding that the government increase the pension under e-PS from Rs 1,000 to ₹ 7500. If this is a proposal regarding government pension then the pension will be included 7.5 times. The parliamentary committee also demanded increase in pension. Furthermore, the government has said that the interest of FF employees will soon be held to account.
Account holders can get 8.25% interest in their accounts soon, which the employees are waiting for. The currency will be listed in the approved letter awaiting the approval of the Finance Ministry. It is believed that Piff’s account can hardly be opened in May.
Facility to withdraw PF from ATM
Many technical changes are being made under the EPFO portal, which can be implemented soon. The biggest change is being implemented especially regarding the growth of PF through ATM. It is likely to be implemented soon. After the implementation of PF product through ATM, access to PF money will become easier for members. Then like savings account, money can be withdrawn from PPF account also through ATM card.
EPFO made a new record
Under EPFO, a claim settlement of Rs 8.31 crore was made in the financial year 2025-26. This is a big jump compared to 6.01 crore claims last year. Of these, 5.51 crore claims were related to advance or partial withdrawal. According to the information, EPFO gave 71.11% advance claims in 3 days, which was 59.19% last year.
Process made easy with digital facilities
6.68 crore claims without check image uploaded, 1.59 crore without employer approved bank link, 70.55 lakh share claim auto-processed and 29.34 lakh part updated their own profile. 61.03 lakh claims were settled during April 2026. Whereas 98.70% claims were made in less than 20 days.
New First: E-Prati Portal
A new initiative has also been started by EPFO, under which old linking with new platform based shares will be made easier to activate the dormant PF account. This will benefit the registrations which are not linked to UAN and the consumers without member ID will also get the facility.
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