Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on Wednesday launched a new portal through which EPFO pensioners will get the details of pension-related information.
The portal will assist users with details like pension payment order number, payment order details, passbook information and other related information.
Further, it will provide help to pensioners to know the status of their life certificate.
It will also provide the details and the reason of stoppage of pension.
The enhanced "Track eKYC" facility for the convenience of members has also been launched to check the status of Aadhaar seeded against their Universal Account Number (UAN).
Earlier, it was reported that pensioners across the country will soon get a good news as the government is reportedly mulling over hiking the minimum monthly payment to Rs 2000 under the Employees Pension Scheme.
The Labour Ministry has asked the EPFO to calculate the cost as well as the number of beneficiaries if the EPS pension is doubled, according to a report in the Economic Times.
"EPFO will soon finalise the implications of doubling the minimum pension, following which government will move a proposal to the central board of trustees of EPFO," an offcial close to the development told the newspaper.
If this decision would be implemented, around 4 lakh pensioners would enjoy the benefit but would cost the Centre an amount of Rs 3,000 crore annually.
(With inputs from agencies)
