In a letter sent on November 7, 2026, the NCPA urged Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya to repeal a January 18, 2025 EPFO circular. The pensioners' group argued that field offices are unfairly using internal trust rules to reject joint higher pension applications. Citing an October 19, 2026 Bombay High Court ruling, the association presented five recommendations to establish parity between exempted and unexempted retirees. They also requested interest waivers on differential contributions whenever processing delays are caused by administrative backlogs rather than applicants.
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The NCPA submitted five recommendations to establish pension parity between exempted and…: The NCPA submitted five recommendations to establish pension parity between exempted and unexempted establishment retirees.
Retirees are requesting a full waiver of interest on differential contributions when proc…: Retirees are requesting a full waiver of interest on differential contributions when processing delays stem from the EPFO.
Expediting revised Pension Payment Orders would allow senior citizens to collect higher m…: Expediting revised Pension Payment Orders would allow senior citizens to collect higher monthly pensions and arrears without additional court battles.
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A prominent pensioners’ body representing PSU and private sector employees has sought immediate intervention of the Labour Ministry in the long-pending cases of higher Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS) for employees from exempted establishments.
In a letter dated November 7, 2026, to Mansukh Mandaviya, the Minister of Labour & Employment, the National Confederation of Pensioners' Associations (NCPA) has requested the ministry to withdraw the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation’s (EPFO) January 2025 circular that mandates internal trust rules to determine higher EPS pension criteria for employees from exempted establishments.
Giving reference to various cases where courts have said that provident fund rules can’t govern pension rights, the NCPA stresses that courts have also clarified that exempted and unexempted establishments stand at par when it comes to approving higher EPS pension cases for employees.
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The NCPA has thus given five recommendations to the Ministry to approve all higher EPS pension cases of employees from exempted establishments.
1.Withdraw/ rescind circular dated January 18, 2025
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