Lok Sabha Question No. 3769 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-16
Subject: EPFO 3.0
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Jashubhai Bhilubhai Rathva

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3769

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2026

## EPFO 3.0

3769. SHRI JASHUBHAI BHILUBHAI RATHVA:

Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)the  details  of  the  number  of  new  members  and  establishments added  to  the  Employees' Provident  Fund  Organisation  (EPFO) during the last five years and the current year, year and State/UTwise;
- (b)  whether  the  key  reforms  undertaken  by  the  Government  under EPFO 3.0, including the rollout of the Centralised Pension Payment System (CPPS)  for  faster  and  error-free  pension  disbursal,  autoclaim settlement up to Rs. 5 lakh and simplified transfer procedures and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of the progress of the Amnesty Scheme -2025, including additional  enrolments  and  eligibility  of  beneficiaries  under  the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana (PM-VBRY); and
- (d) whether the Government has any proposal to revise the minimum pension  under Employees'  Pension  Scheme  (EPS)  and  if  so,  the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)

- The  details  of  the  new  members  and  establishments  added during the last five years and current year, state-wise are at Annexure
- (a): 'A'.
- (b): EPFO 3.0 is a digital transformation initiative by EPFO, designed to streamline processes and reduce paperwork, making it easier for members  to  manage  their  social  security  accounts,  faster  claims processing and management of all member services from a single unified platform.

Implementation of CPPS:

The Centralized Pension Payments System (CPPS) Module has been  fully  implemented  across  all  field  offices  of  EPFO  w.e.f  1st January 2025. CPPS establishes a centralized disbursement system any scheduled bank across the country. More than 70 lakh pensioners are enabling expedited pension payment through branch of benefited through CPPS every month.

## Auto Claim Settlement

The auto claim limit was increased from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 5 Lakh in June 2025. In the current financial year 3,52,20,199 claims up to Rs 5 Lakh, have been settled in auto mode up to 25.02.2026. The auto claim  settlement  system  has  significantly  improved  efficiency  of claim settlement. 71.37 per cent of total advance claims have been settled  in  auto  mode  in  the  current  Financial  Year  disbursing  an amount of around Rs.51,620 Crores.

Simplification  of  transfer  process  of  account  on  change  in employment

This  new  initiative  introduced  w.e.f.  19.01.2025  removes  the need for members to manually file transfer claims and eliminates the requirement of routing the request through employer in majority of cases. As on 25.02.2026, 70,54,895 auto transfer claims were auto triggered without employees and employer's intervention.

The requirement of approval of either the past or the present employer  for  the  transfer  claims  has  been  dispensed  in  KYC compliant  accounts.  As  on  25.02.2026,  21,39,247  transfer  claims were submitted by employees without employer's intervention.

(c): The  progress  made  under  the  Employee  Enrolment  Scheme 2025 is as under:

Total number of establishments that have participated: 4,815

Total number of Universal Account Numbers (UANs) declared: 39,093

As per scheme design of PM-VBRY, the benefits under are given after  completion of  six  months  of eligibility  i.e.  from  the  month  of

March 2026.

- (d): Employees' Pension Scheme, 1995 is a 'Defined ContributionDefined Benefit' Social Security Scheme. The corpus of the Employees'  Pension  Fund  is  made  up  of  (i)  contribution  by  the employer @ 8.33 per cent of wages; and (ii) 1.16 per cent  contribution from

Central  Government  on  wages  up  to  Rs.15,000/-  per  month.  All benefits under the scheme are paid out of such accumulations. The fund is valued annually as mandated under paragraph 32 of EPS, 1995.

The Government is providing a minimum pension of Rs.1000 per month to the pensioners under the EPS, 1995 by providing budgetary support, which is in addition to the budgetary support of 1.16 per cent of  wages  provided  annually  towards  EPS  to  Employees'  Provident Fund Organization (EPFO).

The Government of India is committed to provide a robust social security  coverage  through  EPF  Scheme,  1952,  EPS-95  and  EDLI Schemes  being  run  by  EPFO,  to  the  members  of  these  schemes, taking into consideration the sustainability of the respective funds as well as the future liabilities thereon.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 3769 for 16.03.2026

| FY                          | 2020-21          | 2020-21                                     | 2021-22          | 2021-22                                     | 2022-23          | 2022-23                                     | 2023-24          | 2023-24                                      | 2024-25          | 2024-25                                     | 2025-26 (Current Year)   | 2025-26 (Current Year)                      |
|-----------------------------|------------------|---------------------------------------------|------------------|---------------------------------------------|------------------|---------------------------------------------|------------------|----------------------------------------------|------------------|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| State Name                  | No of New joinee | No of Establishm ent(establis hments added) | No of New joinee | No of Establishm ent(establi shments added) | No of New joinee | No of Establishme nt(establish ments added) | No of New joinee | No of Establish ment(esta blishment s added) | No of New joinee | No of Establishm ent(establis hments added) | No of New joinee         | No of Establishm ent(establis hments added) |
| ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS | 2277             | 104                                         | 2359             | 106                                         | 2478             | 140                                         | 2376             | 169                                          | 2057             | 138                                         | 1522                     | 207                                         |
| ANDHRA PRADESH              | 210912           | 5090                                        | 275656           | 5555                                        | 271601           | 4910                                        | 260762           | 5664                                         | 291813           | 6734                                        | 205965                   | 8592                                        |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH           | 2030             | 337                                         | 3082             | 387                                         | 3232             | 411                                         | 2847             | 562                                          | 1977             | 490                                         | 1573                     | 565                                         |
| ASSAM                       | 60771            | 3278                                        | 67054            | 4211                                        | 82265            | 4862                                        | 72953            | 6220                                         | 70057            | 7035                                        | 53559                    | 4484                                        |
| BIHAR                       | 398339           | 9314                                        | 111341           | 8754                                        | 117778           | 8053                                        | 130649           | 10691                                        | 133756           | 9679                                        | 95857                    | 11290                                       |
| CHANDIGARH                  | 88743            | 1938                                        | 110595           | 2229                                        | 118364           | 2228                                        | 114395           | 2626                                         | 110841           | 2515                                        | 89687                    | 2965                                        |
| CHATTISGARH                 | 88576            | 3072                                        | 113672           | 3273                                        | 116096           | 3435                                        | 115514           | 4247                                         | 119220           | 4377                                        | 90845                    | 4496                                        |
| DELHI                       | 476004           | 17727                                       | 691388           | 18458                                       | 824152           | 18824                                       | 810643           | 20967                                        | 835579           | 20220                                       | 680520                   | 23174                                       |
| GOA                         | 44392            | 604                                         | 47381            | 672                                         | 54268            | 853                                         | 50878            | 961                                          | 49980            | 1000                                        | 37887                    | 1031                                        |
| GUJARAT                     | 772369           | 13229                                       | 960448           | 14800                                       | 914829           | 14382                                       | 898640           | 16470                                        | 906964           | 17213                                       | 738898                   | 21086                                       |
| HARYANA                     | 620870           | 11609                                       | 739102           | 12188                                       | 793341           | 11557                                       | 762192           | 13643                                        | 819804           | 13748                                       | 668506                   | 17088                                       |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH            | 85383            | 2763                                        | 95091            | 3708                                        | 87752            | 3478                                        | 84635            | 4384                                         | 89359            | 3102                                        | 64131                    | 2855                                        |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR           | 35592            | 1466                                        | 40027            | 1742                                        | 40582            | 1736                                        | 38215            | 2306                                         | 40573            | 2493                                        | 27755                    | 2661                                        |
| JHARKHAND                   | 79797            | 3951                                        | 104617           | 3843                                        | 104689           | 3634                                        | 108176           | 4287                                         | 153657           | 4049                                        | 71182                    | 4741                                        |
| KARNATAKA                   | 901454           | 17573                                       | 1327682          | 20442                                       | 1387357          | 19187                                       | 1234585          | 21442                                        | 1300481          | 21006                                       | 1041792                  | 24380                                       |
| KERALA                      | 116867           | 7153                                        | 183751           | 7409                                        | 213116           | 6792                                        | 201245           | 7505                                         | 206368           | 7947                                        | 149732                   | 9839                                        |
| LADAKH                      | 208              | 97                                          | 840              | 122                                         | 895              | 629                                         | 603              | 573                                          | 358              | 482                                         | 596                      | 383                                         |

## Annexure- A

| MADHYA PRADESH                   | 223896   |   8843 | 271683   |   9157 | 290393   |   9902 | 281639   |   11252 | 272411   |   11016 | 210497   |   12107 |
|----------------------------------|----------|--------|----------|--------|----------|--------|----------|---------|----------|---------|----------|---------|
| MAHARASHTRA                      | 1567075  |  39379 | 2203697  |  46159 | 2323161  |  43039 | 2184029  |   48568 | 2246821  |   47473 | 1756087  |   54374 |
| MANIPUR                          | 2633     |    275 | 2550     |    267 | 3111     |    307 | 2070     |     250 | 2528     |     321 | 1911     |     337 |
| MEGHALAYA                        | 3816     |    221 | 6122     |    741 | 6169     |    423 | 5858     |     407 | 5923     |     308 | 5709     |     305 |
| MIZORAM                          | 631      |     28 | 812      |     85 | 645      |     55 | 713      |      82 | 800      |     102 | 696      |      71 |
| NAGALAND                         | 762      |     84 | 1318     |     93 | 1723     |    110 | 1734     |     200 | 1527     |     159 | 1555     |     135 |
| ORISSA                           | 116169   |   6070 | 169846   |   6844 | 181159   |   6016 | 178802   |    6773 | 181256   |    6579 | 123432   |    7389 |
| PUNJAB                           | 148403   |   2675 | 180049   |   3008 | 151057   |   2913 | 143971   |    3315 | 129795   |    3054 | 92534    |    3769 |
| RAJASTHAN                        | 296097   |  10625 | 388257   |  12312 | 379948   |  11220 | 394341   |   12569 | 403573   |   15059 | 316873   |   18620 |
| SIKKIM                           | 4887     |     79 | 5610     |     65 | 4334     |     49 | 3713     |      58 | 4400     |      65 | 3158     |      58 |
| TAMIL NADU                       | 974677   |  14558 | 1276243  |  17392 | 1310939  |  17547 | 1226597  |   19312 | 1267288  |   19709 | 989737   |   23333 |
| TELANGANA                        | 455830   |  12556 | 633036   |  14237 | 753370   |  13999 | 721655   |   16351 | 723147   |   16838 | 550269   |   20731 |
| TRIPURA                          | 3725     |    206 | 5334     |    211 | 4567     |    162 | 4659     |     278 | 4318     |     234 | 3689     |     304 |
| UTTAR PRADESH                    | 484881   |  22757 | 637733   |  24382 | 645432   |  27286 | 656831   |   34071 | 670422   |   31593 | 499673   |   36389 |
| UTTARAKHAND                      | 142126   |   2519 | 149546   |   2735 | 160027   |   3064 | 156589   |    3232 | 156058   |    3417 | 119810   |    3658 |
| WEST BENGAL                      | 339144   |  10742 | 465571   |  13192 | 489169   |  13495 | 485409   |   15623 | 500963   |   14536 | 357063   |   15890 |
| State/UT not clearly identified. |          |      0 |          |      0 |          |      0 |          |       0 |          |       0 |          |       2 |
| Total                            | 8749336  | 230922 | 11271493 | 258779 | 11837999 | 254698 | 11337918 |  295058 | 11704074 |  292691 | 9052700  |  337309 |

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