EPFO annual report: bigger corpus, faster claims, but challenges persist

EPFO's corpus grew to ₹28.4 trillion in FY25 from ₹24.8 trillion, a 15% increase.

EPFO settled a record 60.2 million claims in FY25, up 35% from 44.5 million in FY24.

Pension outgo rose 25% in FY25, outpacing growth in corpus and membership, driven by a 28% increase in surviving spouse pensioners over five years.

Digital Life Certificates via face authentication nearly tripled to 1.75 million, now over half of all submissions.

Elevated grievance volumes persisted at 1.75 million, with pension claims seeing rejection rates near 40%.