https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=58669 EPFO consolidated partial withdrawal rules into three categories-Essential Needs, Housing Needs and Special Circumstances-allowing up to 100 per cent withdrawal of eligible balances, reducing minimum service to 12 months, increasing frequency limits for education and marriage withdrawals, permitting Special Circumstances claims without stated reasons, and requiring a 25 per cent minimum balance to preserve retirement corpus; the reforms remove documentation, enable auto electronic settlements, adjust premature final settlement and pension-withdrawal windows, introduce the Vishwas Scheme to rationalise penal damages, and approve digital and operational upgrades. en-us Mon, 13 Oct 2025 18:31:03 +0530 Mon, 13 Oct 2025 18:31:03 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=58669 EPFO consolidated partial withdrawal rules into three categories-Essential Needs, Housing Needs and Special Circumstances-allowing up to 100 per cent withdrawal of eligible balances, reducing minimum service to 12 months, increasing frequency limits for education and marriage withdrawals, permitting Special Circumstances claims without stated reasons, and requiring a 25 per cent minimum balance to preserve retirement corpus; the reforms remove documentation, enable auto electronic settlements, adjust premature final settlement and pension-withdrawal windows, introduce the Vishwas Scheme to rationalise penal damages, and approve digital and operational upgrades. News - Mon, 13 Oct 2025 18:31:03 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=58669