EPFO settles pension, other claims

PF Commissioner Rezwan-ud-Din listening to grievances of the subscribers and their kin in Jammu on Thursday.
PF Commissioner Rezwan-ud-Din listening to grievances of the subscribers and their kin in Jammu on Thursday.

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Mar 10: “Nidhi Aapke Nikat” for the month of March was conducted by EPFO Regional Office, Jammu today for the stakeholders of Jammu & Kashmir.
EPFO is servicing the entire area from Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh with regard to settlement of claims, redressal of grievances, and facilitating stakeholders and so on. Considering the large number of grievances and to ensure service delivery at doorstep, various online initiatives of EPFO such as balance enquiry, filing of online claims including transfer and Covid-19 advance claims and members’ basic details were explained with hands on demonstration, PF Commissioner Rezwan-ud-Din said.
During this edition of Nidhi Aapke Nikat Programme, instructions were provided by Rezwan-ud-Din to lay special emphasis on the resolution of cases pertaining to female employees and members.
Accordingly, such pending claims of death cases were identified and processed on priority basis where women are beneficiaries. The beneficiaries included Jyoti Sharma, wife of deceased member late Shashi Sharma from M/s. JK Electric Engineers Pvt. Ltd.; Paramjit Kaur, wife of deceased member late Karamjit from M/s Manpower Group Services India Pvt. Ltd.; and Sara Begum, wife of deceased member late Abdul Majeed Tantray from M/s. Mohd Sultan Tantray Kralpora Bandipora.
These beneficiaries were provided support in their difficult times through insurance amount which collectively stand at Rs.7,63,049. PF claims were also approved in favor of these beneficiaries amounting to Rs.1,66,746.
PF claim of deceased member Ajeet Singh from Peaks Auto Pvt. Ltd. was also settled in favour of Jasmeet Kaur and Mandeep Kaur, wife and daughter of the deceased member.; Swarn Kour, wife of deceased member late Swarn Singh from M/s CIS Bureaus Facility Services; and Prab Dayal and Geeta Devi, father and mother of deceased member Late Jugal Kishore from M/s. CIS Bureaus Facility Services. All these processed claims amounted to Rs.2,85,035.