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EPFO: Now you will get PF money in just 3 days! Account transfer rules also became easier, crores of employees enjoyed
Samira Vishwas | March 18, 2026 3:24 AM CST

EPFO New Rules 2026: The Employees Provident Fund Organization has made many major changes to further ease the convenience of private sector employees. This includes problems to claim settlement and pension. If you are also a PF contributory employee, then let us know what has been changed for you.

Minister of State for Labor and Employment Shobha Karandlaje, while speaking on the rules of EPFO ​​in the Lok Sabha, said that our aim is to make the system faster, transparent and user-friendly. This will make claim settlement faster, the process will become easier and all facilities will be available digitally at one place.

Big relief from automatic pension transfer

The biggest change has taken place regarding the Centralized Pension Payment System (CPPS). The minister said that from January 1, 2025, all field officers have adopted this system. With the introduction of this system, pension is being given on time to more than 70 lakh pensioners every month without any hassle and mistake.

Claim settlement also faster than before

The government said that in the current financial year till February 25, 2026, a total of more than Rs 3.52 crore claims up to Rs 5 lakh have been settled in auto mode. About 71.37% of the total advance claims have been settled automatically. An amount of about Rs 51,620 crore has been given through these settlements. In such a situation, it is clear that people do not have to wait too long.

EPFO account transfer now easy

Now EPF account is easily transferred after changing job, whereas earlier the employer’s approval and many steps were required, but now this work becomes automatic after KYC is updated. Till February 25, 2026, 70.5 lakh auto transfer claims have been processed without any intervention.

Now you will get PF money in just 3 days

An effort has been made to reduce paperwork and make the entire process online and automated. Earlier, it used to take up to 20 days for claim settlement, but now this work is being done in less than 3 days. From this Employees and Pensioners It is a big relief for both.


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