Higher pension option: EPFO adds online facilities to correct application errors

A day after it extended the deadline for the higher pension option to June 26, the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on Wednesday issued directions to allow changes in the applications. The EPFO has added two facilities through which members can delete and re-file the application.

“Many representations have been received from pensioners/members with requests to provide an online facility to correct errors in their application for validity of option/joint option and to file uploads. Accordingly, in the online functionality, a button for ‘Delete Application’ has been provided to the employees. The employee after deleting application can, thereafter, if he/she desires, file a fresh application for validation of option/joint option with correct details/uploads,” the EPFO’s circular said.