By way of a Notification dated June 1, 2023, the Employees’ Provident Fund Organization stated that the computation of pension must be in accordance with the provisions of the Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995, as follows:
i. Cases Found Eligible for Pension on Higher Wages Where Date of Commencement of Pension is Prior to September 1, 2014: Pension must be calculated based on average monthly pay drawn during contributory period of service in the span of twelve months preceding the date of exit from the membership of the pension fund; and
ii. Cases Found Eligible for Pension on Higher Wages Where Date of Commencement of Pension is Post September 1, 2014: Pension must be calculated based on average monthly pay drawn during contributory period of service in the span of sixty months preceding the date of exit from the membership of the pension fund.