Retirement fund body EPFO (Employees’ Provident Fund Organization) has taken many initiatives to ease the claim process for subscribers as well as provide different services like online checking of EPF passbook and balance. Both the employer and employee contribute 12 per cent of basic salary plus DA (if any) towards EPF. If the employees whose wages more than 15000/- a month then they are required to join this fund.

An employee’s 12 per cent contribution goes toward EPF kitty, while 8.33 per cent out of the total 12 per cent of the employer’s contribution is invested in EPS or pension scheme. The balance 3.67 per cent is invested in EPF.

Financial planners say that EPF kitty should be meant for long-term savings, not to be withdrawn before one’s retirement.

How To Check EPF Balance, EPF Passbook Online?

EPFO has prominently displayed the link (E-Passbook) for checking EPF balance, passbook on its website. The e-passbook link can be found at the top-right corner of EPFO’s website.

Subscribers are then asked to enter the UAN (UNIVERSAL ACCOUNT NUMBER) number and password. UAN is allotted by the retirement fund body and the number allows portability of provident fund accounts from one employer to another along with UAN enables linking of multiple EPF Accounts (Member Id) allotted
to a single member.

Subscribers can then click on the View Passbook button to open their passbook and know their balance.

Subscribers can also quickly check their passbook/balances through EPFO’s app. EFPO subscribers need to click on MEMBER and thereafter Balance/Passbook and then enter their UAN number and password.

Missed Call Facility for EPF Balance

An EPF member can obtain their EPF balance, Aadhaar-linking status with UAN & Bank account by giving missed call to 011-22901406 (seems these services are temporarily suspended) from their registered mobile number, EPFO said in a statement.

Other Developments for EPF Account Holders

Retirement fund body EPFO aims to go paperless by August next year as part of Digital India initiative, which would improve delivery of services for its 5 crore subscribers. The Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO), which runs social security schemes like EPF, pension and insurance for formal sector workers, has already launched a host of online services like EPF withdrawals. The EPFO has a corpus of over Rs. 10 lakh crore.