PF Balance Check: For millions of salaried individuals in India, Employees Provident Fund (EPF) is an important part of their retirement savings. Your company or employer has been contributing regularly to your provident fund. In such a situation, there is a desire to know how much balance is there in their provident fund in the minds of people. Many customers are still unaware that they can check their EPF balance and final contribution details. You do not need to log in to a website or go to the EPFO office to access your PF information. Through EPFO’s missed call or SMS service, you can easily check the balance without any fee. Let us tell you the whole process.
Required conditions for checking EPF balance
To use a missed call or SMS feature, you have to ensure the following:
1. Your universal account number (UAN) should be active.
Its activation EPFO portal (https://unifiedportal-mm.epfindia.gov.inIt can be done through.
2. Your mobile number should be linked to your UAN.
Services will work only when the balance check will be requested to the mobile number related to your UAN.
3. At least one KYC document (Aadhaar, PAN) should be linked to your UAN.
Do EPF balance through missed calls
After fulfilling the conditions given above, the balance of EPF can be checked very easily:
Step 1: From the mobile number related to your UAN, 9966044425 Give a missed call on. After two ring, the call will automatically disconnect and no fee will be charged from you.
Step 2: Shortly after, you will receive an SMS that will contribute your previous EPF and your existing Provident Fund balance.
This service is completely free and 24 × 7 is available.
How to check EPF balance through SMS?
EPFO also offers an SMS-based feature that gives you your account details in a few seconds.
Step 1: Open the SMS app on your phone.
Step 2: Type the message in this format: ‘EPFOHO UAN’
step 3: This message from your registered mobile number 7738299899 send over.
After this you will get a reply in English by default. However, EPFO also gives information in many Indian languages Hindi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Bengali. To receive the message in your favorite language, add the first three letters of the name of that language at the end of the message.
For example:
To get a message in Telugu, type: ‘EPFOHO UAN TEL’
For Hindi, type: ‘EPFOHO UAN HIN’
For Tamil, type: ‘EPFOHO UAN TAM’
EPFO’s missed calls and SMS services are helpful for those who want to be updated from their provident fund account without the need for internet access. These services provide accelerated and without any complex process to your PF balance and recent contributions. However, for this your UAN should be active and at least one KYC document and your mobile number are connected.
