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Pension Payment Order: How to find your PPO number? A step-by-step guide According to reports on February 20 it was revealed that the EPFO has rejected every third claim that it received. Several subscribers raised their grievances relating to the delay in claim settlement on the official X handle of EPFO. India's provident fund body is the world’s largest social security organisation with over 277 million accounts and a corpus of nearly ₹20 lakh crore.

In response to one such query, the EPFO stated that it normally takes 20 days to settle a claim or release the PF amount if the same submitted to the concerned EPFO office is complete. Out of the total 73.87 lakh claims received for final PF settlement in financial year 2022-23, 33.8 per cent (24.93 lakh) were rejected. At the same time, 46.66 lakh were settled and 2.18 lakh remained as closing balance, according to official data.

This was considerably higher than the rate of rejection in 2017-18 and 2018-19, when it stood at nearly 13 per cent and 18.2 per cent, respectively. The EPFO reported a net addition of 15.62 lakh members in December 2023, as per the payroll data released on February 20, PTI reported. This is a 4.62 percent increase from December 2022.

This also marks an 11.97 percent increase in net member addition compared to the previous month, according to a statement from the labour ministry. In December 2023, approximately 8.41 lakh new members were enrolled, reflecting a 14.21 percent increase compared to November 2023. Notably, the 18-25 age group constitutes 57.18 percent of the total new members, indicating a trend where the majority of those joining the organised workforce are youth and first-time job seekers.