He called on the Union Minister to instruct EPFO to remove “the draconian condition of uploading evidence of the common option” under paragraph 26(6) of the EPF scheme and to change the existing online portal. He also called for compliance with the SC ruling, both “in its letter and in its spirit.”
Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas has written to Union Labor Minister Bhupender Yadav citing the “unworkable conditions” in the unified online portal recently used by the Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) to submit the joint option to provide a higher pension for the EPF was introduced for retirees according to a Supreme Court ruling.
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He called on the Union Minister to instruct EPFO to remove “the draconian condition of uploading evidence of the common option” under paragraph 26(6) of the EPF scheme and to change the existing online portal. He also called for compliance with the SC ruling, both “in its letter and in its spirit.”
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