EPFO (Employees’ Provident Fund) Extends Deadline For Seeding Aadhaar Number In Filing Electronic Challan-Cum-Return (ECR)

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
PF Return Filing: It is mandatory to seed and verify Aadhaar number with the UANThe Employee Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has extended
1, 2021, in order to provide relief amid the COVID-19 pandemic
According to an official circular released by the EPFO on Tuesday, June 15, the last date to seed the Aadhaar number with UAN is extended
circular, the competent authority approved that the electronic challan-cum-returns will be allowed to be filed only for those members whose
Aadhaar numbers are seeded and verified with the UANs with effect from June 1, 2021
Accordingly, this means that members will be allowed to file the ECRs only for the UAN that are seeded with Aadhaar, from June 1.The EPFO
Social Security Code provides for establishing the identity of an employee or an unorganised worker or any other person through the Aadhaar
Organisation to every employee where the EPF deposits are being made
accounts of its subscribers by next month