New Delhi, July 6 -- If you have retired at the age of 58 but have not withdrawn your Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) savings, there is good news. Your retirement corpus can continue earning interest for some time even after you stop working.

In a post on X on 5 July, the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) clarified that EPF interest will continue to be credited for three years after retirement, that is, up to the age of 61. After this period, the EPF account becomes inoperative, and members are advised to withdraw their savings.

The clarification addresses a common misconception that EPF interest stops immediately after retirement. Instead, eligible members who retire at 58 can continue earning the annual EPF interest rate o...