EPFO Higher Pension: Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) has given big relief to pensioners. EPFO has given employers the opportunity to settle 3.1 lakh pending high pension applications till January 31, 2025. That means the employer has been given time to upload every salary related information online.
Many opportunities given to employers
EPFO issued a press release on December 18, 2024. It was told that more than 3.1 lakh applications for pension on high salary are pending. Retirement fund body EPFO had earlier asked employers to update information about 4.66 lakh pending cases by January 15, 2024.
EPFO said, despite so much time, it is seen that more than 3.1 lakh applications are still pending with the employer for verification of options/joint options.
We received applications from employers and employer associations to give additional time to upload salary related details, hence now the last chance is being given to the employers till January 31, 2025 to upload the salary details etc. of the pending 3.1 lakh applications to ensure that It can be done that they can dispose of these pending applications soon and upload them.
Clarification sought on many applications
EPFO also requested employers to submit their responses or information by January 15, 2025, on more than 4.66 lakh cases in which additional clarifications have been sought regarding the applications examined. EPFO has extended the deadline for uploading salary details by employers several times.
Earlier, employers were given time till September 30, 2023 to submit salary details etc. of EPS pensioners and EPF members online. After this, several more opportunities were given till December 31, 2023 and thereafter till May 31, 2024, to ensure that the employer is able to settle the higher pension applications.
How to track pension applications
Any EPS pensioner can track his/her application for pension by visiting the EPFO portal. First of all for this https://unifiedportal-mem.epfindia.gov.in/memberInterfacePohw/ go to and then ‘track status of EPS higher pension applications’ Click on the option. Now enter Acknowledgment Number, UAN, PPO Number and Captcha Code.
The thing to keep in mind is that currently working employees will have to provide UAN number, while EPS pensioners will have to provide PPO number. After this, share your Aadhaar number, biometric/one-time PIN (OTP) by clicking on the check box to confirm your identity. For OTP, a one-time password will be sent to the mobile number linked to Aadhaar. Now enter this OTP to know the status of your pension.
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