Around 9.4 million claims of formal sector workers related to various schemes of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation were settled since April this year – 32 per cent higher than the previous year, the Union Labour and Employment Ministry said on Tuesday.
“Despite the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions, Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has been able to settle a staggering 9.44 million claims thereby disbursing about Rs 35,445 crore to its members during the period April-August, 2020,” the ministry said in an official statement. It added that these were 32 per cent higher than the claims settled in April-August 2019 and