Parliament Question: EPFO issues

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3146 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.03.2026 EPFO ISSUES 3146. DR. SUMER SINGH SOLANKI: SHRI AMAR PAL MAURYA SHRI BRIJ LAL: SMT. MAYA NAROLIYA: Will the Minister of Labour and Employment be pleased to state: (a) the number of new members and establishments added to the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) during 2025 and during the last five years, State-wise; (b) the details of key reforms undertaken under EPFO 3.0, including the rollout of Centralised Pension Payment System (CPPS) for faster and error-free pension disbursal, auto-claim settlement up to ₹5 lakh and simplified transfer procedures; (c) the details of progress made under the Amnesty Scheme–2025, including additional enrolments and eligibility of beneficiaries under PM-VBRY; and (d) whether any proposal exists to revise the minimum EPS pension and if so, the details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE) (a): The details of the new members and establishments added during the last five years and current year, state-wise are at Annexure ‘A’. (b): EPFO 3.0 is a digital transformation initiative by EPFO, designed to streamline processes and reduce paperwork, making it easier for members to manage their social security accounts, faster claims processing and management of all member services from a single unified platform. Contd..2/-:: 2 :: Implementation of CPPS: The Centralized Pension Payments System (CPPS) Module has been fully implemented across all field offices of EPFO w.e.f 1st January 2025. CPPS establishes a centralized disbursement system enabling expedited pension payment through branch of any scheduled bank across the country. More than 70 lakh pensioners are benefited through CPPS every month. Auto Claim Settlement: The auto claim limit was increased from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 5 Lakh in June 2025. In the current financial year 3,52,20,199 claims up to Rs 5 Lakh, have been settled in auto mode up to 25.02.2026. The auto claim settlement system has significantly improved efficiency of claim settlement. 71.37 per cent of total advance claims have been settled in auto mode in the current Financial Year disbursing an amount of around Rs.51,620 Crores. Simplification of transfer process of account on change in employment: This new initiative introduced w.e.f. 19.01.2025 removes the need for members to manually file transfer claims and eliminates the requirement of routing the request through employer in majority of cases. As on 25.02.2026, 70,54,895 auto transfer claims were auto triggered without employees and employer’s intervention. The requirement of approval of either the past or the present employer for the transfer claims has been dispensed in KYC compliant accounts. As on 25.02.2026, 21,39,247 transfer claims were submitted by employees without employer’s intervention. (c): The progress made under the Employee Enrolment Scheme 2025 is as under: Total number of establishments that have participated: 4,815 Total number of Universal Account Numbers (UANs) declared: 39,093 As per scheme design of PM-VBRY, the benefits are given after completion of six months of eligibility i.e., from the month of March 2026. Contd..3/-:: 3 :: (d): Employees' Pension Scheme, 1995 is a 'Defined Contribution- Defined Benefit' Social Security Scheme. The corpus of the Employees' Pension Fund is made up of (i) contribution by the employer @ 8.33 per cent of wages; and (ii) 1.16 per cent contribution from Central Government on wages up to Rs.15,000/- per month. All benefits under the scheme are paid out of such accumulations. The fund is valued annually as mandated under paragraph 32 of EPS, 1995. The Government is providing a minimum pension of Rs.1000 per month to the pensioners under the EPS, 1995 by providing budgetary support, which is in addition to the budgetary support of 1.16 per cent of wages provided annually towards EPS to Employees' Provident Fund Organization (EPFO). The Government of India is committed to provide a robust social security coverage through EPF Scheme, 1952, EPS-95 and EDLI Schemes being run by EPFO, to the members of these schemes, taking into consideration the sustainability of the respective funds as well as the future liabilities thereon. * *****Annexure-A Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 3146 for 19.03.2026 2025-26 FY 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 (Current Year Till 05.03.2026) No of No of No of No of No of No of Establis No of Establish Establishme No of Establishm No of Establishm No of Establish hment(e No of New No of New State Name New ment(esta nt(establish New ent(establis New ent(establi New ment(esta stablish joinee joinee joinee blishment ments joinee hments joinee shments joinee blishment ments s added) added) added) added) s added) added) ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS 2277 104 2359 106 2478 140 2376 169 2057 138 1522 207 ANDHRA PRADESH 210912 5090 275656 5555 271601 4910 260762 5664 291813 6734 205965 8592 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 2030 337 3082 387 3232 411 2847 562 1977 490 1573 565 ASSAM 60771 3278 67054 4211 82265 4862 72953 6220 70057 7035 53559 4484 BIHAR 398339 9314 111341 8754 117778 8053 130649 10691 133756 9679 95857 11290 CHANDIGARH 88743 1938 110595 2229 118364 2228 114395 2626 110841 2515 89687 2965 CHATTISGARH 88576 3072 113672 3273 116096 3435 115514 4247 119220 4377 90845 4496 DELHI 476004 17727 691388 18458 824152 18824 810643 20967 835579 20220 680520 23174 GOA 44392 604 47381 672 54268 853 50878 961 49980 1000 37887 1031 GUJARAT 772369 13229 960448 14800 914829 14382 898640 16470 906964 17213 738898 21086 HARYANA 620870 11609 739102 12188 793341 11557 762192 13643 819804 13748 668506 17088 HIMACHAL PRADESH 85383 2763 95091 3708 87752 3478 84635 4384 89359 3102 64131 2855 JAMMU AND KASHMIR 35592 1466 40027 1742 40582 1736 38215 2306 40573 2493 27755 2661 JHARKHAND 79797 3951 104617 3843 104689 3634 108176 4287 153657 4049 71182 4741 KARNATAKA 901454 17573 1327682 20442 1387357 19187 1234585 21442 1300481 21006 1041792 24380 KERALA 116867 7153 183751 7409 213116 6792 201245 7505 206368 7947 149732 9839 LADAKH 208 97 840 122 895 629 603 573 358 482 596 383 MADHYA PRADESH 223896 8843 271683 9157 290393 9902 281639 11252 272411 11016 210497 12107MAHARASHTRA 1567075 39379 2203697 46159 2323161 43039 2184029 48568 2246821 47473 1756087 54374 MANIPUR 2633 275 2550 267 3111 307 2070 250 2528 321 1911 337 MEGHALAYA 3816 221 6122 741 6169 423 5858 407 5923 308 5709 305 MIZORAM 631 28 812 85 645 55 713 82 800 102 696 71 NAGALAND 762 84 1318 93 1723 110 1734 200 1527 159 1555 135 ORISSA 116169 6070 169846 6844 181159 6016 178802 6773 181256 6579 123432 7389 PUNJAB 148403 2675 180049 3008 151057 2913 143971 3315 129795 3054 92534 3769 RAJASTHAN 296097 10625 388257 12312 379948 11220 394341 12569 403573 15059 316873 18620 SIKKIM 4887 79 5610 65 4334 49 3713 58 4400 65 3158 58 TAMIL NADU 974677 14558 1276243 17392 1310939 17547 1226597 19312 1267288 19709 989737 23333 TELANGANA 455830 12556 633036 14237 753370 13999 721655 16351 723147 16838 550269 20731 TRIPURA 3725 206 5334 211 4567 162 4659 278 4318 234 3689 304 UTTAR PRADESH 484881 22757 637733 24382 645432 27286 656831 34071 670422 31593 499673 36389 UTTARAKHAND 142126 2519 149546 2735 160027 3064 156589 3232 156058 3417 119810 3658 WEST BENGAL 339144 10742 465571 13192 489169 13495 485409 15623 500963 14536 357063 15890 State/UT not clearly identified. 0 0 0 0 0 2 Total 8749336 230922 11271493 258779 11837999 254698 11337918 295058 11704074 292691 9052700 337309 *****