PF Balance Check

 

Whether you are homebound because of a lockdown or not, there’s good news when it comes to checking your PF or EPF account balance. The Employee Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) has brought in some changes to save us the leg work and ease the way we access our PF, Employee Provident Fund -related information. You can check your PF balance anytime online or through your phone; gone are the days when you need to wait for the employers to share their EPF statement at the end of the financial year. 

You can check your EPF balance virtually using either of the following facilities: Umang App, EPFO Member e-Sewa portal, SMS or a missed call. However, if you are someone whose EPF is managed by an exempted establishment (i.e., a Trust), then you will need to contact your employer to check your PF or EPF account balance.

Here’s how one can check their PF account balance using either of the four routes.

Using Umang app

You can download the Umang app on your mobile phone and use it to access your PF account along with other government services. You need to do a one-time registration on the app upon downloading. Thereafter you can view your EPF passbook, raise and track EPF claims anytime you need to. 

Using the EPFO portal

All EPFO subscribers can check their PF balance by logging in at the EPFO portal. Once you log in, you need to follow the steps below. 

1. Go to ‘Our Services’, scrawl and click on ‘For Employees’ ;
2. Go to ‘Member Passbook’ ;
3. You will be redirected to new web page — You will be redirected to new web page — https://passbook.epfindia.gov.in/MemberPassBook/Login

However, to check your balance using this route, you need to make sure that your UAN is activated by your employer.

If you want to check your PF balance via EPFO portal without using UAN, you can go by the following steps:

1. Visit EPFO portal and click on the option ‘Click Here to Know your EPF Balance’ ;
2. You will be redirected to the link epfoservices.in/epfo where you will need to select ‘Member Balance Information’ ;
3. Here you need to select the state you reside in ;
4. You will be asked to enter your name, PF account number, and your registered mobile number;
5. Click on submit to check your account balance ;

Checking via SMS

If your UAN is registered and synced up with your bank account, Aadhaar, PAN and your phone number, you can check your PF account balance by sending an SMS to 7738299899. The SMS service available in 10 languages which include English, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujrati, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam. You need to key in the first three letters of your preferred language in the SMS. For example, if you prefer English, the format of the SMS would be – EPFOHO UAN ENG. The last three letters need to be first three letters of your language of choice. Please note that the message needs to be sent from your registered mobile number.

Checking through missed call

This is the simplest way to check your PF balance. You can use the EPFO missed call service by giving a missed call from your registered mobile number to 011 – 22901406. You will immediately get a message from EPFO with your PF details.