How
to Check Your PF Status Online
Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO)
The Employees’
Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is a statutory body under the Ministry of
Labour and Employment, Government of India. The Employees’ Provident Fund
Organisation administers three schemes, namely, the Employees' Provident Fund
Scheme, 1952, Employees' Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme, 1976 and Employees'
Pension Scheme, 1995. The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation is currently
one of the biggest social security organisations in the world by virtue of its
volume of transactions.
Employees' Provident Fund Scheme, 1952
One of the primary
savings schemes for people working in government, public or private sector
organisations in India, the employee provident fund provides financial security
in your twilight years. Under the scheme, 12% of your basic, dearness allowance
in addition to the cash value of your food allowances forms part of
contributions to your EPF account. The EPF interest rate of India ranging from
8 to 12 % is decided by the central government and Central Board of trustees.
Checking your EPF Balance Online
The facility of
checking EPF balance online was launched in August 2011. You can view your
updates accounts including any settlement/transfer-in/transfer-out. Upon
submission of the required information by you (account holder), EPFO will send
the details via an SMS to the registered mobile number. You can also avail of
the establishment search facility (data is available for 120 offices).
You can log onto http://members.epfoservices.in/ to
view the EPFO office in your state. You can also search for your establishments
under old Office Code, under Office and PIN code. Upon selecting your area, you
will directed to a page wherein you have to fill in required details such as
Employee PF Account Number, name (as appears in EPF Slip) and your mobile
number to receive your account balance information. The total number of
requests served on the website as on October 2015 is 9881235. The following
steps need to be followed for checking your PF account or provident fund status
online
·
Get
your PF number
PF number is an
alpha-numeric number (first two letters represent the regional office). For
example, if your PF number is DL/54321/8967, you should choose DL as your
regional office code.
You should check if
your PF is in the new or old format in that EPFO revised the establishment code
for employers last year. All the same, you may find that your employer is
showing the old code on your payslips.
·
Select
EPFO Office Code
Log onto the EPFO
website, select your state and EPFO office code. The following table shows
details related to the Kerala in the establishment information search.
Old Region Code
|
Estt Code
|
Name
|
EPFO Office
|
PIN
|
KL/0007223/00A
|
KR/TVM/0007223/00A
|
ST.CHRYSOSTOGIRLS
HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
|
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
|
695524
|
KL/0005776/00A
|
KR/TVM/0005776/00A
|
HOLY ANGELS SCHOOL
|
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
|
695001
|
KL/0012290/00A
|
KR/TVM/0012290/00A
|
MARIAN VILLA CONVENT
NURSERY SCHOOL
|
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
|
695011
|
·
Select
PF details
You need to fill in
the following details
Establishment Code (7
digit)
Extension Code (if
any)
PF Account Number
Enter your name as per
your salary slip. Fill in the tab for mobile number.
After entering the
aforementioned details, click the ‘agree’ button and submit the information.
·
SMS
from EPFO
After successful
submission of the required details on the website, you will receive an SMS from
EPFO in five minutes. Details of your account number and balance amount as on
the date mentioned in the SMS which will sent.
Downloads
You can also download
your epassbook which has details of your transactions (month-wise) in your PF
account.
Inoperative Account
If your receive a
message that your account is operative, you have to send a request to the EPFO
inoperative account help desk athttp://59.180.231.60:9091/INOPHelpDesk.
Complaints/Grievances
If you wish to lodge a
complaint online, you may do so by filling up a grievance registration form
(online) in addition to providing details of your EPF account. You can also
regularly check the current status of your complaints at http://epfigms.gov.in.
You can also send reminders of your complaint.
SMS EPF balance check facility
EPFO also offers the
EPF Mobile App, an SMS-based service. However, this facility is only available
for those who have an UAN Account Number and registered mobile numbers. To
avail of this facility, you have to only send an SMS from your UAN registered
mobile to 7738299899. EPFO provides this option in 10 languages, namely,
English, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Punjabi, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Gujarati
and Bengali. After you send an SMS to the said number, you will receive your
account details including information related to the last contribution, KYC and
EPF balance. It is important to note that if your PAN, Aadhaar and bank account
were approved digitally and provided by your employer, you may not receive the
said message. If you do not receive the SMS, you should consult your employer.
You can also call the EPFO (toll free) helpline 1800118005 to resolve any
queries or receive information on your account.
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