Covid-19: EPFO urges its subscribers to avail various services online

Retirement fund body the Employees Provident Fund Organisation has urged its subscribers, including members, pensioners and employers, to avail various online services to avoid visiting EPFO offices to prevent the community spread of Corona virus.

"In view of government of India guidelines to contain spreading of COVID-19, Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) advises it members, pensioners and employers to avail various online services offered by EPFO, from the comfort of their homes, and to avoid visiting EPFO offices," it said in a statement on Friday

According to the statement, most of the services of EPFO are available online including the option of generating employee Universal Account Number (UAN), activating his/her UAN and seeding it with Aadhaar, PAN, bank account and mobile number (KYC seeding).


Employee can also make nominations, view balance in the passbook, update his/her date of exit, transfer his/her account from unexempted to exempted establishment and vice-versa, it said.

As per the statememt, employees have been further empowered to raise claims online for provident fund advances or final withdrawal; pension or Insurance benefits (EDLI) and receive payment of PF/pension/insurance benefits directly In his/her bank account.

Similarly, a pensioner can download his/her pension payment order (PPO) or preserve it in digilocker; know his PPO number with the help of his/her bank account number or UAN and view passbook. Pensioners can also update Jeevan Praman (Digital Life Certificate) online any time of the year, it said.

Employers can register their establishments under EPF & MP Act, 1952 and obtain establishment ID; make payment of EPF and allied dues through RTGS/NEFT and submit Electronic Challan cum Return (ECR).