EPFO to launch drive to enhance membership

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The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) intends to conduct a massive drive between January and June next year to enhance its subscriber base from the present 3.76 crore to 5 crore active members. Revealing this to the media here on Thursday, Central Provident Fund Commissioner V.P. Joy said the organisation had already launched a campaign to ensure that all EPF contributors have bank accounts and Aadhaar enrolment. "Right now, only 50 per cent of them have bank accounts," he said, adding that bank accounts and Aadhaar would be linked to the respective EPF accounts.