For India, the Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS-95) is offering a major uplift, with monthly pensions hopefully getting a rise of up to ₹8,000 from October 1, 2025, for those pensioners who are eligible. Pensioners’ organizations have long from time to time asked for a change to these pension amounts that have been quoted as grossly inadequate by several parliamentary committees.
Why This Rise?
The minimum EPS monthly pension had never touched anything beyond ₹1,000 since 2014—barring the cost of inflation during the past decade. Rising living costs have always got pensioners asking for a fair pension. In April of 2025, there was a parliamentary panel that recommended the increase of pension to at least ₹2,000 and optionally even up to ₹3,000 per month.
Trade unions and pensioners allied for a demand of a minimum of ₹7,500 and argued that the pensioners are struggling these days to ascertain a basic livelihood.
What changes?
Information from sources suggests that this government looks at least seriously for an increase of the minimum EPS pension to about ₹3,000 per month sometime soon, possibly by October 2025 . A more broad-based resolution could also be dovetailed with the call of the pensioners for ₹7,500 but that is yet to be finalized by the Ministry of Labour and EPFO.
Beneficiaries And Operators
- All EPS pensioners drawing minimum pension at ₹1,000 level.
- Low-income retired workers most of whom have been in receipt of the minimum pension from 2014.
- Estimated 7.85 million EPS pensioners, about 3.66 million maybe receiving floor pension at the rate of ₹1,000 in 2023-24.
What To Expect In October 2025
- The baseline pension may well be raised from ₹1,000 to ₹3,000 per month.
- The reworked pension amount shall then earn separate compensation in respect of dearness allowance (DA) based on inflation measurement (by the CPI).
- Pensioners may also stand to gain pension arrears, if entitled, depending on administrative procedures.
Next Steps
- To be sanctioned also by Pension Boards and Ministry with defiantly issued official orders.
- Implementation shall be carried out with instructions being issued to pension disbursing agencies to commence effecting the changes from October 1, 2025.
- Pensioners shall be communicated to by EPFO through Member Portal, UMANG app, and announcements in select banks.
How You Can Stay Updated
- Track official updates on the EPFO website and Unified Member Portal.
- Watch for notifications through your registered bank or via UMANG.
- Stay in touch with pensioners’ groups and EPFO helplines for timely support.
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