When And How You Can Withdraw Your GPF?

● Medical expenses for certain illnesses for selt, spouse, or dependants.

● Purchase of consumer durables.

Subscribers of GPF can withdraw, for these purposes, up to twelve months’ salary or three-fourths of the outstanding amount, whichever is less. For illness, withdrawal may be approved up to 90% of the amount on the subscriber’s total credit amount. After ten years of investment in the GPF scheme, the subscribers become eligible for withdrawal, according to a News18 report.

In addition, GPF subscribers can also withdraw funds for the following purposes:

● Housing, including construction or purchase of a decent house or readymade flat for accommodation.

● Clearing of housing loans.

● Purchase of a house site for construction of a house

● Building a house or putting up a structure on an acquired site.

● Refurbishing the house previously acquired or putting up additions to it.

● Renovating, making additions, or alterations to their ancestral house.

For such housing-related purposes, GPF subscribers are allowed to withdraw up to 90% of the outstanding amount. The department has removed the need for a refund for the amount withdrawn upon the sale of a home, and the withdrawal is no longer tied to HBA regulations.

GPF subscribers can also withdraw money for the following purposes:

● The payment of an automobile, a loan for it or even for purchasing a motorcycle or a scooter etc.

● Extensive repair or rebuilding of a vehicle.

● To deposit a booking of a car, motorcycle, scooter, moped, etc.

These may include the subscriber being able to withdraw three-quarters of the total amount or the value of the vehicle, whichever is less. It can be made after being in service for ten years or up to 90% without reason.

In all cases, the Head of the Department can authorise withdrawal without any document. A short statement from the subscriber is sufficient and justifiable enough, explaining why they would like to withdraw.