Days after approving increased interest rates on provident fund accounts, retirement body Employees’ Provident Fund Organization on Monday, November 29 announced that an interest rate of 8.5 per cent has been credited to 21.28 crore accounts for the financial year 2021-22. Is. According to reports, by the end of next month, six crore account holders will get the benefit. Earlier this year, the EPFO decided to keep the interest rate on provident fund deposits unchanged at 8.5 per cent for the financial year 2020-21. Earlier, representatives of the Labor Ministry had asked the Finance Ministry to expedite the decision to fix interest rates.
In a tweet on Monday, EPFO Wrote, “For the financial year 2020-21, 21.38 crore accounts have been deposited with 8.50% interest. @LabourMinistry @esichq @PIB_India @byadavbjp @Rameswar_Teli”.
The EPFO had decided to keep the interest rates unchanged for the financial year 2021-22 in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, which saw more withdrawals than contributions. The interest rate fell to an all-time low in the financial year 2020-21 when the pandemic hit the country.
As the retirement body credited the accounts with additional interest rate for the current financial year, many people confirmed that they had received the amount. But how did he check the account balance? You can choose not to rely on your employer to share details, as you can check balances digitally at any time using a variety of methods. These include checking through UMANG app, EPFO member e-service website, SMS or missed call. Read more about them below.
How to Check EPFO Balance Through EPFO Member e-Sewa Portal
You will be able to check your PF balance using the government run EPFO portal using your active Universal Account Number (UAN). You can also download and print your e-passbook using this portal.
For this you have to login to www.epfindia.gov.in and click on the option ‘For Employees’ under ‘Our Services’ dropdown menu.
Then click on the option ‘Member Passbook’ under ‘Services’, where you will have to provide your UAN number and password to view your passbook.
You must have an active UAN to access this service and it will not be available if your Universal Account Number has not been activated by your employer.
– If you do not have UAN, then click on epfoservices.in/epfo/ link and select your state before clicking on you office link.
Enter your PF account number, name and registered mobile number and click on ‘Submit’. You will be able to check your PF balance.
How to Check EPFO Balance Through SMS Service
EPFO members, whose UAN is registered with the retirement body, can get details of their most recent contribution and provident fund balance through SMS.
– All you have to do is send an SMS to 7738299899 with the text “EPFOHO UAN ENG”. Here ‘ENG’ refers to the first three letters of the language of your choice, in this case English. If you want to receive SMS in Tamil, you can type ‘TAM’, ‘BEN’ for Bengali, ‘HIN’ for Hindi etc. The service is available in 10 different languages.
In this regard, you must also not forget to sync your UAN with your bank account, Aadhaar and PAN, as EPFO stores the details of its members. You can also ask your employer to do the seeding for you.
How to Check EPFO Balance Through Missed Call Service
Employees’ Provident Fund Organization or EPFO members can check their PF balance by giving a missed call on the number 011-22901406.
For this you have to call from your registered phone number.
If you are registered on the UAN portal then you will be provided with the details. You do not need to remember your UAN in this regard.
How to Check EPFO Balance Through Umang App
Employees can use the government’s UMANG app to check their provident fund balance. The app launched by the Center can be used to avail various government services under the umbrella. Using this, you can view your EPF passbook, claim your provident fund and even track your claim. An employee just needs to register on the app using the mobile number.
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