The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has warned all subscribers not to withdraw from their provident fund corpus for “wrong reasons”, otherwise, you may be asked to return the money, according to a recent social media post by the retirement fund body. As a member, you may think that you will get away with providing a random reason for withdrawing funds from your PF account, but remember that EPFO rules allow recovery of money if found that the withdrawal was incorrect by giving a fake reason.

The EPFO has clear rules for withdrawing PF funds. Generally, you can withdraw your PF balance only after retiring from service or reaching the superannuation age of 58. Partial withdrawals are also permitted under certain circumstances like home buying, marriage, education, or serio

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