STEPS TAKEN BY EPFO TO STREAMLINE PROCESS OF CLAIM SETTLEMENT

India, March 17 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:

EPFO has taken several steps to streamline the process of claim settlement. Some of these are as following:

For Auto mode processing of advance claims, the amount limit has been enhanced to Rupees One lakh. Further, in addition to illness / hospitalization advances, the advances for housing, education and marriage are also enabled for auto mode processing. Now, 60% of advance claims are processed are in auto mode. The auto-mode claims are processed within three days. EPFO achieved a historic high of 2.16 crore auto-claims settlement as on 06.03.2025 during the current financial year, up from 89.52 lakh in FY 2023-24.

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