The ease of procedures will lighten the burden on subscribers and grant them greater control over their PF accounts as well as ensure smoother and faster transitions during job changes
Udaipur, January 21, 2025 – EPFO (Employees Provident Fund Organisation) has introduced several initiatives related to its portal with the aim to allow employees to get self-reliant while managing their Provident Fund account. This ease of procedures will lighten the burden on subscribers and grant them greater control over their PF accounts as well as ensure smoother and faster transitions during job changes.
In a significant reform, EPFO has simplified the process of joint declaration on the EPFO portal by allowing employees to self-correct errors in their personal details such as name, date of birth, gender, nationality, father/mother’s name, marital status, spouse name, date of joining and date of leaving. This would not require any verification by the employer or approval by the EPFO.
Announcing the reforms, Union Labour minister Mansukh Mandaviya said: “The EPFO has simplified this process on the EPFO portal by allowing an employee to self-correct most common errors in his personal details without verification by employer and approval by the EPFO if an employee has a valid Universal Account Number (UAN) issued after October 1, 2017, when Aadhaar matching was made compulsory.”
Another major update is that employees will now be able to transfer their PF accounts online, in case of job change, without needing intervention of the employer. The EPFO directive of January 15 says that some online transfer applications can now proceed without mandatory routing through former or current employers
Till now, any online request for transfer of PF account in case of job change had to be verified by the employer before submitting to EPFO. This has been done away with, the Minister said.
Key Changes:
Transfers Made Easy: Employees can now directly transfer their PF accounts using their UAN and Aadhaar details.
Self Correction: Members will now be able to log into the EPFO site and make changes of personal details. The requirement of supporting document has also been simplified for such cases, Mandaviya said. Nearly 27% of grievances filed by the members relate to member profile/KYC issues are likely to significantly reduce now, with the self-correction facility.
No Employer Dependency: EPF members with fully KYC-compliant PF accounts do not have to depend on their previous or current employer for PF transfers. They can submit their online transfer claims using an Aadhaar-based OTP directly to EPFO.
The new system can significantly reduce delays and improve transparency and the overall user experience. Delays caused by employer involvement will be minimal.
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