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EPF status: EPF contributions can be easily monitored on EPFO's website.Employee Provident Fund (EPF) is a mandatory contribution that
every company, which has more than 20 employees, has to deduct from the salary of its employees
An employee contributes 12 per cent of his salary towards the EPF, while an employer pays another 12 per cent, out of which 8.33 per cent is
invested in the Employee's Pension Scheme (EPS) while the balance 3.67 per cent is invested in EPF
EPFO (Employees' Provident Fund Organisation), the nodal agency to monitor EPF contributions, allows subscriber to check his/her PF
(provident fund) balance via EPFO's official website in simple ways.Here are three easy steps to check your Employee Provident Fund (EPF)
balance online:Step 1: Subscribers to Employee Provident Fund Organisation will have to log in to EPFO website - epfindia.gov.in and click
on e-Passbook link on the top right side of the webpage.Step 2: After clicking on e-Passbook link the subscribers will be redirected to the
log in page where the subscribers would need to enter their Universal Account Number or UAN
Universal Account Number, which acts as an umbrella for multiple member IDs allotted to an individual, is mentioned in the monthly salary
slips of the employees.Step 3: After logging in by putting in Universal Account number and password the EPFO subscribers will be redirected
to the page where they can see their present and past provident fund accounts linked to their UAN and be clicking employer provident fund
the EPFO balance on the EPFO website, subscribers can also check their balance on Umang (Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance)
app and also by sending an SMS to 7738299899 from his/her registered mobile number to check the EPF balance via text message.
