Retirement fund physique EPFO has extended the date for submitting functions to decide for a higher pension till June 26, 2023.
In order to present a bigger window of alternative and so as to allow all eligible individuals to file their functions, the timeline for submitting functions would now be till twenty sixth June, 2023, in accordance to a press release.
“(*26*) EPFO (Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation) has made preparations for acquiring functions for validation of choice/joint choice from pensioners/members as per the Supreme Court order on November 4, 2022,” labour ministry stated in a press release.
To facilitate this course of, on-line facility has been made obtainable.
More than 12 lakh functions have been obtained till date.
(*26*) on-line facility was to stay obtainable solely till May 3, 2023.
In the meantime, many representations have been obtained from varied quarters in search of extension of time.
(*26*) difficulty has been thought of and it has been determined that so as to present a bigger window of alternative and so as to allow all eligible individuals to file their functions, the timeline for submitting functions would now be till twenty sixth June, 2023, it acknowledged.
(*26*) timeline is being extended to facilitate and supply ample alternative to the pensioners/members in order to to ease out any issue being confronted by them.
This has been determined after sympathetically contemplating the assorted calls for obtained from workers, employers and their associations, it acknowledged.