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How to get

information about
EPF balance?
[Annual Statement,

What is Employee Provident Fund?

EPFO - Employees Provident Fund Organisation

EPFO is a statutory body of the Indian Government under Labour and


Employment Ministry and its website is epfindia.nic.in

Overview of Employee
Provident Fund (EPF)

Employee Provident Fund (EPF),commonly called PF - one of the main


platforms of savings for retirement in India for salaried class i.e nearly all
people working in Government, Public or Private sector Organizations.
The tax saving under section 80C, tax-free interest, compounding and the
maturity ensures a good growth of our money.
Employers contribution actually gets split into EPF, Employees Pension
Scheme (EPS) which offers pension on disablement, widow pension, and
pension for nominees and Employees Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme
(EDLIS) which offers life insurance cover to the PF member.

Annual statement by PF

EPFO sends a yearly statement through the company to the employee


which gives insights about the PF collections.
The statement contains

Opening balance

Amount contributed during the year

Withdrawal during the year

Interest earned and

The closing balance in the PF account.

EPF balance by SMS

Step -1: Go to http://www.epfindia.com/site_en/KYEPFB.php

--> http://epfoservices.in/epfo/member_balance/member_balance_office_select.php

Step 2: Select EPFO Office where EPF account it maintained. Suppose the
account is in Karnataka. Select Karnataka from the Drop Down

Select the office name: Once you select state in earlier state, it would then
show code for various EPFO offices in Karnataka. Say your EPFO office was
in Bangalore. So select the office name Bangalore, the establishment code
would be BG-BNG. This would take you to next screen which has BG BNG
filled for establishment code.

Step 3: Enter PF Account Number which is in the format :

EPFO Office Code/Establishment Code(Max. 7 Digits)/Extension(Max. 3


digits)/Account Number (Max 7 digit)
PF Account Number may not have Extension code, in that case leave it blank.

Your PF account number may have just two alphabets

for EPFO Office Code then you can search


the new Code at EPFI Establishment
Information Search
This is also available on 1st step mentioned
above:
Member EPF Balance Information Search Your
Establishment Code here.

Enter the Account Number.

Step 4: You will get SMS alert from EPFO : EE amount : Rs XXXXX and ER
amount Rs:XXXXX as on <Todays Date>(Account updated upto Date).

EE = Employee Contribution and


ER = Employer Contribution on date (shown in Account updated date)
mentioned in your SMS.

It does not show current balance of PF Account as on the day you asked for
information.

Ex : EPF Balance in A/C No. BG/BNG/0045123\000\000134 is EE Amt: Rs.


67009, ER Amt: Rs. 47000 as on 30-01-15 (Accounts updated upto 31-032014)-EPFO.

A/C No: This is your EPF account number. You EPF account number have your area
code, company or establishment code and your account number.

EE Amt: Employee Contribution i.e. your total contribution in the EPF account. The
sum total of PF amount deducted monthly from your salary.

ER Amt: Employer Contribution i.e your company contribution. The sum total of PF
amount monthly contributed into your EPF account by your employer.

As on [Date]: This date tell you that your monthly contribution till this date has
been updated in your EPF account. From the example above, it tells that your
monthly contribution till 30th Jan 2015 has been added into your EPF account

Accounts updated upto [Date]: This tells you that the interest till this date has
been added into your EPF account. From the example above, it tells that interest till
31st March 2014 has been added into your EPF account.

Check for More details on:

UAN

PF Withdraw

https://www.bankbazaar.com/saving-schemes/how-to-check-your-epf-balance-online.html

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