EPFO annual report: bigger corpus, faster claims, but challenges persist
“That growth far outpaces the increase in corpus, membership or even the number of pensioners. India’s formal workforce is ageing, and the fastest-growing category of pensioners isn’t retirees but surviving spouses, whose numbers have risen 28% over the past five years. EPFO is gradually shifting from paying workers to supporting the families they leave behind,” Kabra said.