PF Withdrawal Rules and Tax Liability!

Hi, wanted to understand what are the tax liabilities in my case: I have been a pf member since 2008. Between 2008 and 2018, there have been two break in service....once for 8 months and once for 4 months. No PF contribution was made for this period of temporary unemployment. Otherwise I have been regularly making my PF + VPF contribution since 2008, during the periods that I have been employed. I have changed 3 jobs in between and at each of these jobs I have stayed for 3 yrs or thereabouts. At none of the jobs in my last 10 yrs have I stayed for the 5 years that is required for the Interest income from the PF to be tax free. My queries are -

1. Since I have not spent 5 yrs at a stretch at a single Company, but have been member of the PF for 10 yrs. ++ without a break i.e. no withdrawals have been made but gaps in deposits due to the break in service only, would I get the tax benefits or my interest shall be taxed once I withdraw the pf amount.
2. In case I convert the PF interest into an equated monthly payment...a sort of a monthly "salary"(I have a decent corpus) - is that possible? and would the interest be taxed first and then disbursed monthly?

Thanks in advance for your help.