EPFO Higher Pension: After extending the deadline, the Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) has allowed certain categories of retired employees enrolled under the Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS) to apply for higher pension till May 3, 2023.
Application Link Activated
Pensioners who are eligible can apply online for EPFO higher pension within 3rd May and EPFO has activated the apply link on its website.
The Supreme Court had allowed 4 months in November 2022 to apply for higher pension under EPS 1995. The application window for opting for higher pension for EPS 1995 participants who resigned before September 1, 2014, ended on March 4, 2023.
EPFO said it has allowed eligible pensioners to apply for EPFO higher pension with necessary documents through the unified portal.
Who can apply?
According to EPFO, employees who were members of EPS on September 1, 2014 and continued to be members of EPFO on or after September 1, 2014, can now apply for higher pension. Notably, this particular option is available only to those employees who missed the earlier deadline. According to government data, more than 8,000 members have already submitted their applications online.
According to the decision of the Supreme Court, EPFO had issued a circular on 20 February. Then on March 4, 2023, EPFO closed the options of retired EPS members (before 01.09.2014 and whose options were not considered earlier).
