EPFO News: There is great news for crores of EPFO ​​subscribers. Under an unprecedented decision of the central government, the Centralized Pension Payment System (CPPS) has been fully implemented in all the regional offices of EPFO ​​​​across India. This work was completed by December 2024. By December 2024, pension of about Rs 1570 crore has been distributed to more than 68 lakh Employee Pension Scheme i.e. EPS pensioners. 

Withdraw your pension from any bank branch anywhere in the country

Union Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya said that after this change, pensioners will not face any problem in withdrawing their pension from any bank, any branch anywhere in the country. The direct meaning of this decision is that now EPFO ​​pensioners can withdraw their pension from any regional EPFO ​​office in the country. The centralized pension payment system has been implemented in all 122 regional EPFO ​​offices in the country. 

Trying to give the benefit of advanced features of EPFO

Union Labor Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya said that the Centralized Pension Payment System reflects our commitment to advance EPFO ​​​​services and ensure transparency with convenience for our pensioners. The first pilot project of CPPS was successfully completed in Jammu, Karnal and Srinagar Regional Offices in October 2024. Under this, a total of 11 crore pensions were distributed to 49,000 EPS pensioners. The second pilot program was successfully completed in 24 regional offices of the country. Through these 24 local offices, pension of Rs 213 crore was distributed to more than 9.3 lakh pensioners. 

Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya shared the post

On this occasion, the Union Minister shared a post on X and informed about this. He said that through this the need for physical verification will be eliminated and pension distribution will be disbursed in a very easy way. With this rollout, we are setting a new benchmark in pension service distribution.