Rejection of final EPF claims sees surge in 5 years, up from 13% to 34%

👉🏼 KP Sivaraman, a retired employee of a tyre manufacturing company, made multiple visits over the last nine years to the Kochi office of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) to get his final PF dues. Earlier this month, he died by suicide after consuming poison inside the EPF office. The PF amount due to him had been rejected because of a mismatch in the identification details in his PF records and his official documents.

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This is real. I have seen this happening to my clients too.