The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is the largest social security scheme for workers in India, implementing the Employment Security Pension Scheme. It has about five crore subscribers. EPFO was formed for the welfare of workers. Their recent actions prove that EPFO is prioritising how to minimise benefits to workers but not otherwise.

EPFO should have implemented a higher pension in proportion to salary without waiting for any court order. However, they not only implemented it, but for many years steadfastly opposed this legitimate right of workers by filing petitions in the High Courts and the Supreme Court. Even after losing the case in the Supreme Court, they delayed it again by filing a review petition. Finally, they granted a higher pension when all doors of law closed

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