EPFO Interest Update: EPFO said that whenever interest money is credited, it will be deposited simultaneously. There will be no loss of interest to anyone.
EPFO Interest Update: About 6.5 crore employed people of the country can get good news soon. The Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) can soon release 8.5% interest money in the PF account. Earlier this money was expected to arrive by July 31, but it has not been released yet. Also Read: Order Aadhaar PVC Card: Get PVC Aadhar Card for Rs 50 sitting at home, follow this simple process, uidai.gov.in
What did EPFO say on 8.5% interest?
Actually, EPFO had asked a user on Twitter that when will the PF interest money come in the account. In response to this, EPFO said that whenever interest money is credited in the account, it will be deposited simultaneously. There will be no loss of interest to anyone. Also Read: BSNL Great Plan: Get 36GB data and free calling for just Rs 97, you will get many benefits
However, EPFO did not tell in this tweet that when the interest money of Provident Fund will be transferred to the account. The Modi government has approved 8.5% interest for the financial year 2020-21. It is believed that by the end of August, 8.5% interest of PF can be transferred. Also Read: PPF Account: Invest in PPF and become Crorepati before retirement, know here the trick
So we don’t have a tentative date…. good to see “whenever”.
— Panki (@panki039) August 1, 2021
Interest rate at 7 year low
Let us tell you that last time in the financial year 2019-20, due to the disturbance in KYC, many subscribers had to wait a long time. The EPFO had kept the interest rates unchanged for the financial year 2020-21 at 8.5%, which is the lowest interest rate of the last 7 years. Also Read: Good News: Contract employees will now get bonus, the government has given green signal to this proposal
How To Check My PF Balance?
1. Know Balance by Missed Call
To check your PF money, you have to give a missed call on 011-22901406 from your registered mobile number. After this, you will get the details of PF through the message of EPFO. Here also it is necessary to have your UAN, PAN and Aadhaar linked. Also Read: Attetion! Traffic New Rule: If you drive a fast car on the road, challan will be deducted immediately and DL will be canceled
2. Check Balance Online
1. To do online balance check, log on to the EPFO website, click on e-passbook at epfindia.gov.in.
2. Now on clicking on your e-passbook, a new page will come to passbook.epfindia.gov.in .
3. Now here you fill your username (UAN number), password and captcha
4. After filling all the details, you will come to a new page and here you will have to select the member ID.
5. Here you will get your EPF balance on the e-passbook.
3. You can also check balance on UMANG App
1. For this, open your UMANG app (Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance) and click on EPFO.
2. Now on the other page, click on Employee-centric services.
3. Here you click on ‘View Passbook’. With this, you fill your UAN number and Password (OTP) number.
4. OTP will come on your registered mobile number. After this you can check your PF balance.
4. Check Balance Through SMS
If your UAN number is registered with EPFO, then you can get information about your PF balance through message. For this you have to send EPFOHO to 7738299899. After this you will get the information of PF through message. Let us tell you that if you want information in Hindi language, then you have to send it by writing EPFOHO UAN. This service to know PF balance is available in English, Punjabi, Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Bengali. For PF balance, it is necessary that your UAN, bank account, PAN and Aadhaar (AADHAR) must be linked.
