By Priyanka Sambhav
The Employee Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) will credit the first instalment of the 8.50% interest to its subscriber. The interest of 8.50% for the FY 2019-20 will be rolled out in a staggered manner. First, you will receive 8.15% of the interest, and then the rest 0.35% will be credited in December. This is for the first time that interest will be paid in instalment.
This is how you can check the PF passbook on EPFO portal.
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Visit the EPFO portal- https://www.epfindia.gov.in/
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Press the services tab
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Go to ‘For Employees’
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Log in with your Universal Account Number (UAN)
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Your passbook will be displayed
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Check the entry- “Int. Updated on 31/03/2020
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Even if the amount is being credited in November or December but t entry will read it as being credited in March
For checking the EPF passbook on the portal, you need to register yourself as member of Unified Member Portal. Once you are done with the registration passbook will be available to the member only after 6 hours.
If you want to find about the interest immediately, then Umang App can be of help. For using Umang App, you need to follow these steps-
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Download the app from Google play store or IOS
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Click on EPFO service
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Feed your UAN number
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OTP will be sent to you on your registered mobile number
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After putting down your OTP, you will view your passbook which could be downloaded
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Check the entry of Interest payment.
You can check PF balance by giving a missed call to 011-2290146 from your registered mobile phone. When you call on this number your call will be disconnected automatically after two rings, and then you will receive an SMS member will get details of last contribution and PF Balance. The pre-requisite is that UAN must be connected to one of the KYC document like Bank account, Aadhar or PAN. The missed call service will not show you the passbook but will send you SMS regarding the account balance and the last contribution.
EPFO’s SMS service also helps you in knowing your last contribution and PF balance. You have to send an SMS to 7738299899 from your registered mobile number, and you need to write- “EPFOHO UAN” This facility is available in 10 languages -English, Hindi, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Bengali. For receiving the SMS in any of the languages other than English, the first three characters of the preferred language need to be added after UAN. For example, to receive in SMS in Marathi then SMS to be sent will be “EPFOHO UAN MAR” to 7738299899.
By way of giving a missed call or using SMS service, you come to know only about the last contribution and your PF balance. If you want to have a look at your passbook, then EPFO portal or using Umang app would be of more use to you.
