INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
For withdrawal from GPF, no documentary proof is required to be furnished by the subscriber.General Provident Fund (GPF), a type of
provident fund account, is available only for government employees
A subscriber is required to make monthly contributions towards GPF except during the period when he or she is under suspension
Subscriptions to the general provident fund are stopped three months prior to the date of superannuation, according to
pensionersportal.gov.in.1
A government employee becomes a member of GPF by contributing a certain percentage of his/her salary to the account, according to
pensioners' official portal -pensionersportal.gov.in.2
A subscriber, at the time of joining the General Provident Fund (GPF) is required to make a nomination, conferring on one or more persons
the right to receive the amount that may stand to his credit in the fund in the event of his death, before that amount has become payable or
required to be furnished by the subscriber.4
On retirement of a subscriber, instructions are issued for immediate payment of the final balance on retirement
On the death of a subscriber, the person entitled to receive the amount standing to the credit of the subscriber is paid an additional
amount equal to the average balance in the account during the three years immediately preceding the death of the subscriber, subject to
certain conditions provided in the relevant rule
However, to get this benefit, the subscriber should have put in at least 5 years of service at the time of his/her death, according to
Provident Fund's website.
