<ul><li>The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has extended the deadline for employers to approve pension applications under the Higher EPS Pension Scheme to 31 January, 2025.</li><li>Over three lakh applications are still waiting to be approved and processed.</li><li>Employers have also been directed to submit responses or clarifications and update information in over four lakh pending cases by 15 January, 2025.</li><li>This is not the first time the deadline has been extended, as the EPFO had previously extended the deadline multiple times since the launch of the online facility in February, 2023.</li></ul>

New EPFO deadline for employers to approve pension applications

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