About 40 million subscribers of the Employees´ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) can now make down payment and pay the equated monthly instalments from their EPF accounts to buy houses. The subscribers will be able to withdraw up to 90 per cent of their accumulations in their PF account to purchase homes. The EPFO has amended the scheme by insertinganew paragraph —68 BD —to the EPF Scheme, 1952 Over four crore subscribers of the retirement fund body Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) can now make down payment and pay EMIs from their EPF accounts to buy homes. The subscribers of the EPFO will be able to withdraw up to 90 per cent of their accumulations in their PF account for purchasing homes. The EPFO has amended the scheme by insertinganew paragraph —68 BD —to the Employees´ Provident Funds (EPF) Scheme, 1952, to enableasubscriber to make down payment to buy homes and pay EMIs through the EPF account,asenior official said. The official said, “Since the