EPFO Rule: Let us tell you that currently EPFO is running an Active UAN campaign. In this campaign, employees are being told to keep their UAN active. A question remains in our mind that does the UAN number also change after changing the job. Let us know the answer to this in this article.
EPFO Rule: EPFO makes every possible effort to provide the best service to its members. For this, EPFO may soon bring the 3.0 (EPFO 3.0) project. However, no official announcement has been made about this yet.
Many people have a question in their minds about EPFO that whenever there is a job change, then a new UAN number has to be generated for investing in EPFO. There is confusion in people’s minds about this. We will answer this question below. Before knowing the answer to this, let us know what is UAN number?
What is UAN number? (What is UAN Number?)
UAN number is a universal account number issued by EPFO. This number is of 12 digits. Every EPFO has a unique UAN number. It works like a bank account number. This number helps in withdrawing EPFO funds and transferring EPFO account.
Critical Information!
Employees are not required to generate a new UAN when leaving their old employment. A member cannot have more than one UAN. There is no requirement for having a fresh UAN at all, in any case of unemployment or change of employment@mygovindia @PMOIndia…
— EPFO (@socialepfo) November 27, 2024
Do I have to change my UAN number?
EPFO shared a post on social media X regarding this. According to this post, if you change your job, then you do not need to change your UAN number. Actually, only one UAN number is issued on one EPF account. If a member has two EPFO accounts, then he has to merge these accounts. Actually, according to the rules of
EPFO, every employee should have only one PF account.
If someone has two UAN numbers then he/she will have to go to the EPFO portal and get the previous UAN service transferred to the current UAN.
Keep your UAN number active
The Ministry of Labor and Employment has started a campaign in collaboration with the Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO). According to this campaign, all employees will have to keep their UAN number active. If the UAN number is not active, then the EPFO member may face problems. However, EPFO had given a deadline of 30 November 2024 to keep the UAN number active, which has now passed. If you have not yet activated your UAN number, then you should contact the employer or the EPFO office once.
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