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Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) has started a facility on the Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance (UMANG) App

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    10Pointer
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    Economy
  • Published
    10th Oct, 2020
  • The app enables members of the Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS) 1995 to apply online for Scheme Certificates.
  • Scheme Certificate is issued to members who withdraw their Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) contribution but wish to retain their membership with EPFO, to avail pension benefits on the attainment of retirement age.
  • It is a unified, secure, multi-channel, multi-platform, multi-lingual, multi-service mobile app.
  • Developed by: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and National e-Governance Division (NeGD)
  • Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO)
    • It is a government organization that manages the provident fund and pension accounts for the workforce engaged in the organized sector in India.
    • It implements the Employees’ Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952.
    • Administered by: Ministry of Labour and Employment.

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