PF Update: 22,000 EPFO Members Got Higher Pension; How To Track EPFO Higher Pension Application Status?

Retirement fund body EPFO has issued 21,885 pension payment orders and asked 1.65 lakh eligible members to deposit additional amount for higher pension, Parliament was informed on Monday.

 

Out of these 17.48 lakh applications, as on January 28, 2a025, demand notices i.E. Intimation to members to deposit balance amounts for higher pension eligibility, have been issued in 1,65,621 cases and 21,885 Pension Payment Orders (PPO) have been issued, the minister informed the House.

 

Check out the direct link https://unifiedportal-mem.epfindia.gov.in/memberInterfacePohw/

  Click on ‘track application status for pension on higher wages’.   On the next page, select ‘click here’ under the same tab.

You can check via three options --Acknowledgement number; 2.UAN ; 3. PPO Number    Fill in the captcha code

Tick the consent box and ‘get OTP’

You can now see your application status on the screen

A Functionality was developed by EPFO for filing online applications for validation/joint option. The online facility was extended to members/pensioners/employers on February 26, 2023 which was extended till July 11, 2023.

 

The date for employers for forwarding the joint application for higher pension was extended till September 30, 2023 and subsequently till May 31, 2024.

 

Further, a last chance was provided to all employers to forward the applications for pension on higher wages by January 31, 2025.