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North Chennai EPFO gives pension payment orders to 52 June 2025 retirees

North Chennai EPFO gives pension payment orders to 52 June 2025 retirees

The Hindu04-07-2025
The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), Regional Office, Chennai (North), distributed pension payment orders to the provident fund members on Wednesday. Debi Prasad Bhattacharya, Regional PF Commissioner-I, handed over the orders to 52 pensioners who had retired in June 2025, according to a press release.
The objective of 'PRAYAAS', an initiative of the EPFO, is to hand over pension payment orders to the members of the Employees' Pension Scheme on the day of retirement. This will help streamline the process and pension disbursement will also occur on time, the release said.
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