Here is some good news for those of you contributing towards provident fund from your salary with Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) of India. Going forward, salaried people would no longer have to go through the tedious and rather long process of knowing the details of their PF account. Every bit of information related to Provident fund that you may want to track would be just a ‘click’ away in the very near future!
This news is indeed of a great help to about 4.5 crore PF subscribers in India. One this system is online; all the PF accounts across the country would be made available online. Many have gone through a helluva process of getting their PF account details transferred from their previous employers to current one. After all possible kind of interactions with various levels of authorities, till date people have no clue on what is the status of their account transfer. Hope this new system solves all such painful issues associated with individual PF accounts.
The facility is fully functional since December 2009. Due to the sheer size of the number of accounts, it wouldn’t be an easy task for the government organizations to solve this in a short span of time. So, many accounts will be in updating process – according to revelation by EPFO.
How to check your EPF account online?
Log on to the Employee Provident Fund (EPF) portal of Tamil Nadu and provide necessary employment details like Establishment code, Extension code, Employee number, etc to find out the balance in your EPF account
If your EPF number is TN/VLR/123A/1456 then
Establishment Code is 123
Extension Code is A
Employee Number is 1456
Remember, if your establishment has no unit or other branch, there may not be extension number. In that case, you do not have to fill extension number.
Site for checking your EPF account online:
http://epfindia.nic.in/indiaepf/loginnew.aspx
