EPF withdrawal: How to check, change bank account details in your EPF account
It is important that your correct bank account with correct IFSC is linked to your Universal Account Number (UAN) to receive the credit of EPF funds timely.
To access your account on the EPFO's Member e-Sewa portal, your UAN must be active.
To withdraw funds from your Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) account, it is important that your correct bank account details be recorded in the EPF account. This is necessary to ensure timely credit of the EPF funds withdrawn into your bank account. This becomes all the more important in the current scenario.
The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), announced in March, 2020 that its members can withdraw money from their EPF corpus to tide over financial emergencies caused due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
The retirement fund body, via its Twitter handle, has asked members to provide the correct bank account details or to update their bank account details for timely credit of EPF funds at the time of withdrawal.
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As per a press release from the Ministry of Labour and Employment dated April 28, 2020, EPFO has settled a total of 12.91 lakh claims, including 7.40 lakh COVID-19 claims under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) package. "This involves disbursal of a total amount of Rs 4,684.52 crore which includes Rs 2,367.65 crore COVID claims under PMGKY package," stated the release.
Here is a look at how you can check and update your bank account details in your EPF account.
What is required to make EPF withdrawal? Saraswathi Kasturirangan, Partner, Deloitte India says, "To make a withdrawal from EPF account as allowed as per the EPF scheme rules, it is important that your active bank account with correct IFSC is linked to your Universal Account Number (UAN). If the correct bank account is not linked with the EPF account, then the credit of funds withdrawn from EPF will be delayed."
How to check bank account details in EPF records Step 1: Visit https://unifiedportal-mem.epfindia.gov.in/memberinterface/ and log in to your account. Step 2: Once logged in, click on 'KYC option' under the 'Manage' tab.
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Step 3: A new webpage will appear on your screen. Under the 'Digitally Approved KYC', check the bank account details, i.e., the name of the bank, bank account number and IFSC.
If the bank account details are correct, then the EPF withdrawal claim will be credited into the bank account shown. If the bank account details are incorrect, then you will be required to provide the correct bank account details to receive the EPF withdrawal money.
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In March 2020, the government had announced that an individual can withdraw a certain sum from their Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) account, if faced with financial stress due to coronavirus and the pandemic-induced lockdowns. Over a year later in May 2021, the labour ministry announced that EPF members can avail a second non-refundable advance from their EPF accounts in order to meet the coronavirus related financial emergencies. If you too wish to dip into the corpus accumulated in your EPF account, here are 5 FAQs published on the EPFO website and answers to them.
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If your UAN is authenticated with Aadhaar, your mobile number is seeded with UAN, and your bank account is KYC compliant, you can file a claim for this advance online. You must complete your KYC by submitting it through the Member Portal. In addition, the EPFO has stated that no tax is charged on any EPF Scheme advance. However, you can only apply for a PF advance if you have completed your KYC. Incomplete KYC means that you will not be able to obtain PF advance.
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You can get a non-refundable withdrawal up to three months' worth of basic pay and dearness allowances, or up to 75 percent of the balance in your EPF account, whichever is less. Employee's portion, employer's contribution, and interest are all included in the amount owed to EPF. To receive the benefit, neither the individual nor his or her employer must submit any certificates or documentation.
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The member has the ability to withdraw cash if an employee, his or her parent, partner, or children become ill as a result of Covid. This type of EPF withdrawal has no lock-in period or minimum service requirement.
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According to notification from EPFO, if a member's EPF account balance is Rs 50,000 as of today, and the monthly basic wage and dearness allowance is Rs 15,000, 75 percent of the balance of Rs 50,000 is Rs 37,500, and the amount of three months wage is Rs 45,000. As a result, the member is eligible to receive the lesser of two payments of Rs 37,500.
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How to update bank account details in EPF records Step 1: Log into your account on https://unifiedportal-mem.epfindia.gov.in/memberinterface/ Step 2: Select the KYC option under the Manage Tab Step 3: Select Document type - Bank. Add the correct bank account number where the webpage asks you to mention document number, name as per the bank records and IFSC. Step 4: Click on 'Save'.
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Remember, the bank account details must be approved by your employer to be updated in EPFO's records. To hasten the process, the employee should ask his/her employer to approve the change of bank account details in the EPFO's records.
Kasturirangan says, "Once the employer has approved the change, it usually takes about a week for the change to be reflected in EPFO records."
Point to remember To access your account on the EPFO's Member e-Sewa portal, your UAN must be active. Click here to know how to activate your UAN.
