EPFO settles 56.79 lakh COVID-19 advance claims, releases over Rs 14,000 cr till December

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Retirement fund body EPFO has settled 56.79 lakh COVID-19 non-refundable advance claims, and has disbursed Rs 14,310 crore till December 31, 2020, reflecting the adverse impact of the pandemic on the formal sector workforce. When the coronavirus-induced lockdown was imposed in March, the central government had allowed over 6 crore subscribers of the Employees‘ Provident … Read more