Pension claim - Is there any need for me to get Form 10C to be submitted from all my previous companies?

I retired after completing 58. I have been paying PF from 1992 onwards. I shifted 5 companies in the past 27 years. I transferred the PF from previous companies regularly till the last company from where I retired. Now for me to get monthly Pension, what documents to be submitted to PF office.

1. Only Form 10D from the last employer is enough.
2. Is there any need for me to get Form 10C to be submitted from all my previous companies also? Please confirm.
3. Also, how to calculate the monthly pension amount if I choose to avail pension after 60 years.

Mere transfer of your PF accumulations will not qualify you to avail pension benefits from your first employment onwards. You should have obtained a scheme certificate for the services rendered by you. As you have worked in five companies, you should obtain 5 scheme certificates from EPFO.

All these scheme certificates should be surrendered to EPFO along with the following documents:

1) Non-Employment Certificate (self-declaration by member/Claimant)
2) Form 1-D duly filled in, signed, and countersigned by your last employer
3) 3 photographs of your family (yours + your spouse)
4) Copy of your Aadhaar card.

Please refer to my earlier post. Please read sl. no. (2) as 'Form 10-D (Monthly pension form (EPS)' instead of 1-D.

Dear Mr. Nair,

Can you elaborate and advise in detail how and to whom the application should be submitted to obtain a scheme certificate? If the PF accumulation has been transferred to the current code, then why can pension services not be counted and accumulated with the current employer while UAN services are active and the same?

Please help me understand.

As you can very well observe, the poster has 27 years of work experience, and he has already admitted that he was paying PF from the year 1992 onwards. Now, coming to your query, let me elaborate on the Scheme certificate, how it can be obtained, and why pension is not accumulated due to UAN.

EPS Scheme certificate is a certificate issued by EPFO. It provides details of service of the EPF member (an employee). The EPS Scheme Certificate shows the service and family details of an employee member who is eligible to receive EPF pension in case of the member's death.

Once you leave the job, you have to fill Form 10C. In Form 10C, there are options either to withdraw EPS or apply for an EPS Scheme Certificate. Once you choose the option to issue an EPS Scheme Certificate, your employer sends the same to EPFO, and then EPFO will issue you an EPS Scheme Certificate.

On October 1, 2014, Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, launched the Universal Account Number for Employees covered by EPFO to enable PF number portability. So, naturally, prior to 2014, a PF member had to manually submit necessary forms to PF to transfer the PF amount.

I trust I have helped you to a greater extent in understanding.

Dear Member,

Please be informed that EPF Transfer includes the transfer of EPF + EPS. Hence, there is no need to apply for a Scheme Certificate in respect of your previous EPF Accounts. Please submit Form 10C to your Present Employer and obtain the Scheme Certificate upon attaining 58 Years. You can decide to opt for a pension after attaining 60 Years, after receipt of the Scheme Certificate.