EPFO subscribers to get `50,000 more for loyalty

New Delhi, April 13: Retirement fund body EPFO’s subscribers will get loyalty-cum-life benefit of up to `50,000 at the time of retirement for contributing to the scheme for 20 years or more.

The benefit will also be provided in case of permanent disability even if the members have contributed for less than 20 years, the EPFO board has decided.

The EPFO apex decision making body, the Central Board of Trustees, has recommended a minimum sum assured of `2.5 lakh in the event of death of a subscriber. “The CBT has recommended amending the Employees’ Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme to provide for minimum benefit of `2.5 lakh and loyalty-cum-life benefit of up to `50,000 at a meeting held on Wednesday,” a senior official said.

“The suggested benefits will be available to members after the government approval. Initially, these will be provided for two years on a pilot basis and will be reviewed thereafter.”

According to the proposal, loyalty-cum-life benefit will be provided to all those members on retirement at 58 or 60 years who have contributed to the scheme for 20 years or more.

The benefit will also be provided in case of permanent disability. In these cases, the members who have contributed to the EDLI scheme for less than 20 years will be eligible.