INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Umang is the only official app for accessing EPFO services.
Employees whose monthly EPF or Employee Provident Fund contributions are not deposited by their
employers will get intimated by the EPFO or Employees' Provident Fund Organisation
Retirement fund body EPFO has a subscriber base of over 5 crore and manages a corpus of over Rs 10 lakh crore
EPFO has been intimating its subscribers through SMS on credit of their respective monthly contribution into their accounts
But "the members whose contributions are not deposited in time remain uninformed
It has now been decided that an intimation by way of SMS/email shall be sent to members who have registered their Mobile Number / email ID
against respective Universal Account Number," EPFO said.EPFO subscribers can check credit information on their provident fund through an
online facility, called 'e-passbook', by logging into EPFO's website
Subscribers can also access mobile app Umang to check the e-passbook
Umang is the only official app for EPFO services
Members registered on the UAN portal can also get their account details available with EPFO by giving a missed call at telephone number
011-22901406 from their registered mobile number.While an employee's 12 per cent contribution goes toward EPF kitty, 8.33 per cent out of
the total 12 per cent of the employer's contribution is invested in pension scheme EPS (Employees Pension Scheme)
The balance 3.67 per cent is invested in EPF.EPFO has been taking many initiatives to ease the claims process
The retirement fund body receives over 1 crore claims every year including those pertaining to EPF withdrawal, pension fixation and
insurance.In a recent circular, EFPO said EPF claims above Rs
10 lakh don't have to be filed online
EPFO has revised its rules related to provident fund claims
In a circular dated April 13, EPFO said offline claims will also be accepted in all cases
