Chandigarh 26 March 2025 : The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is set to integrate Unified Payments Interface (UPI) to reduce transaction times and increase convenience.
“Our next step is to incorporate UPI into the system,” news agency ANI quoted labour and employment secretary Sumita Dawra as saying on Monday.
“We have received suggestions from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) regarding this integration and have submitted a proposal to EPFO for consideration,” she said.
Dawra said for this purpose, the EPFO has established a centralised database and that after conducting the necessary testing, the UPI frontend for EPFO claims may get rolled out by the end of May.
This means that all members can view their EPFO accounts directly in the UPI interface and make auto-claims.
In addition, the approval process will be instant as long as the user is eligible, ensuring quick credit to their accounts.
She also said stabilising the centralized database will take around two to three weeks, following which the frontend for UPI integration will become ready.
Summary: Pensioners could soon file EPFO claims using UPI, making the process faster and more accessible, according to the Labour Secretary.