Kolkata: The Employee’s Provident Fund (EPF) is the earliest social security scheme for the employees of India. It was legislated in 1952 in a young independent nation and has continued to serve generations of employees, providing them significant financial security during their post-retirement years through a lump sum payment and monthly pension (the latter was introduced in 1995). According to the rules, 12% of the basic salary + is deducted from the salary of an employee.
While the full employee’s contribution goes the EPF kitty, 3.67% of the employee’s contribution goes to the same corpus while (12-3.67=) 8.33% goes into the pension account which is called Employees Pension Scheme. Now it is natural for an employee to know what is the latest PF contribution and balance with EPF. One can get these vital information with the help of a missed call and SMS.
When can one get this information
An employee (EPFO subscriber) can get the information by dialing the number 9966044425. The call will get disconnected automatically and nothing will be chrged to the EPFO subscriber. However, you have to dial it from the phone number that is registered with the EPFO. However, before being eligible for this service you have to ensure that your Universal Account Number (UAN) is linked to your Aadhaar or PAN or bank account. EPF subscribers can also use an SMS service. This SMS needs to be sent to 7738299899 from their registered mobile number. One must note that the languages that are supported in this service are English, Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam.
How to link UAN with Aadhaar
STEP 1: Login to the Unified Member Portal using UAN and password
STEP 2: Click on “Manage”; select “KYC”
STEP 3: Go to “Add KYC” tab, type Aadhaar details and submit
STEP 4: The employer has to approve the details. After approval, status will be “Digitally approved by the employer”
STEP 5: After UIDAI verifies the details, the status will be “Verified by UIDAI”
How to link UAN with PAN
STEP 1: Login to the Unified Member Portal using UAN and password
STEP 2: Click on “Manage”; select “KYC”
STEP 3: Go to “Add KYC” tab, type PAN and submit
STEP 4: The employer has to approve the details. After approval, status will be “Digitally approved by the employer”
STEP 5: After UIDAI verifies the details, the status will be “Verified by UIDAI”
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