EPF interest to get credited soon. How to check PF balance online.
Retirement fund body EPFO or Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation will soon credit interest for the year 2018-19. News agency Press Trust of India, citing sources, said that the government has approved 8.65% interest rate for EPF for 2018-19, which will now be credited into the accounts of over 6 crore subscribers of retirement fund body EPFO. In February the retirement fund body had approved 8.65% interest rate for the last fiscal.
You can check your PF balance online through the EPFO website or through the Umang app
EPFO website
-Visit the EPFO website.
-From the ‘Our Services’ tab on the left corner, click on the ‘For Employees’ option.
-Now click on the Member Passbook.
-Log-in with your UAN number and password.
-After logging-in, you can access your PF or EFP account and check your available balance.
Umang app on mobile
EPFO provides various services through the centralised mobile app of the government, called Umang.
-Download the application from Play Store/App Store.
-Open the Umang app on your smartphone and select EPFO.
-Click on the ‘Employee Centric Services.’
-Click on ‘View Passbook’ to check your EPF balance.
-Enter your UAN and click on Get OTP
-Enter the OTP and click on ‘login.’
-Select the member ID of the company for which you want to check the EPF balance.
-Your passbook will be displayed on the screen along with your EPF balance.
Only those members who have activated their UAN and have registered on the UAN member portal can check their balance online.
