The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) portal is essential for accessing your PF account, downloading passbooks, updating KYC, and filing claims. But like any government-run digital service, it occasionally faces outages or login issues. Here’s a practical guide to help you troubleshoot and regain access:
Common Reasons for EPFO Portal Downtime
- Server overload: High traffic...
It is important to keep your EPF account up-to-date and verified. This ensures that when you need to withdraw your money, there are no surprises. Here are few important things to take care of:
1. Mark Exit
EPFO has recently started giving a warning message to all EPF employee, saying 'Dear EPF Member, kindly mark your exit date within one month of leaving the establishment.'
So we need to ...
Have you received this message by EPFO recently either by Email or SMS :
Email title - "EPF - NO Complaince filled form registration till JUN-2023 (OR SEP-2023)"
Email / SMS message
DEAR EMPLOYER, YOUR ESTABLISHMENT __________ PRIVATE LIMITED, HAS FAILED TO REMIT DUES SINCE COVERAGE, PLEASE MAKE THE ECR PAYMENTS AT THE EARLIEST TO AVOID further PENAL DAMAGES AND INTEREST. PLEASE ...
EPF is one of the largest social security scheme provided by government of India. It is managed by a government organization called Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO). All EPF members and their employers need to access various services of EPFO like EPF Balance Check, Passbook Download, etc.
As of Feb 2018, EPFO has provided lot of online services for members to manage their EPF ...
Employee Provident fund (EPF) is India's main social security scheme managed by EPFO and covering more than 15 crores of workers in organized sector and it remains important in 2018 also with an estimated 4.5 crore members. All EPF members and their employers need to access the EPFO online servies for different tasks. The first step towards accessing the EPF online services ...
As we near the end of year 2017 and start of year 2018, most of us are looking to review our finances. EPF (Employee Provident Fund) is a crucial part of finanial safety net of organized employees in India and it is crucial to review epf passbook yearly to figure out any missing transactions (and thus detect lost money) etc.
If like many of us, you want to check your epf uan passbook online, but...
EPF is a primary savings tool for large number of people working in private organized sector in India. EPF accounts and EPF balance is managed by Indian Government agency called 'Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO)'.
Traditionally it has been very difficult to check EPF balance because of lots of paper work and time involved. It was also difficult to ...
EPFO has recently launched a new portal for EPF called unifiedPortal. This portal for members / employees was launched in Dec, 2016 and after few weeks of down time, it has now started working fine. We used the 'Download Passbook' feature on 20th January 2017 to check the current EPF balance, and the unifiedportal worked just fine. Here is a detailed guide on unified portal and its features.
EPF (Employee Provident Fund) managed by EPFO is India's main social security scheme having more than 4 crore members. Though EPF members used to face tough time figuring out their balance in epf account. But this is now a thing of past. Due to recent changes with UAN and online services provided by EPFO, now it is easy to check your epf balance on mobile.
Lately it has become compulsory to link/seed your Aadhaar number to your EPF account (UAN) to ensure smooth service. A successfully linked Aadhaar number is useful for two cases:
- EPF Pension: Must for getting the pension after April 2017
- Simplified Online claim for epf transfer and epf withdrawal: If your EPF account is seeded successfully with Aadhaar number, then you can submit your epf...