EPFO allows regional offices to settle PF claims from other centres

Since April 1, EPFO has been settling claims for withdrawal of special Covid-19-related advances within three days. It has settled over 80,000 claims amounting to Rs 270 cr on daily basis since April

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has launched a facility which will help formal sector workers to expeditiously withdraw the provident fund claims.

“Taking a big leap towards ensuring uniform standards of service delivery across the country and optimum utilisation of its workforce during Covid-19 Pandemic, EPFO has recently launched a multi-location claim settlement facility. This facility will bring a paradigm shift by allowing EPFO offices to settle online claims from any of its regional offices, across the country,” the Union labour and employment ministry said in a statement.

To be sure, in the past few years, the EPFO had