PF Portability May Be Launched This Month
New Delhi: An ambitious project by the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) to provide portable universal account numbers (UAN) to its subscribers is likely to be launched this month.
The UAN project is likely to be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. However, no date for the formal launch has been fixed as yet.
(Also read: PF portability: How it will work)
Retirement fund body EPFO and the Labour Ministry are in touch with the Prime Minister's Office for the purpose, a senior official said.
It completed seeding of 2.5 crore portable PF accounts with KYC details by August-end, the official said, adding that EPFO is aiming to seed 1 crore UANs till September 15.
UAN will give the facility of collation of accounts, viewing of updated accounts as well as downloading of the same and collation of pensionable service.
The universal number will be portable throughout the working career of members and can be used anywhere in India. Thus, workers in the organised sector would not need apply for transfer of PF account claim on changing jobs.
EPFO had issued 4.17 crore UANs in the last week of July and had asked its field staff to complete the seeding of portable PF account number with Aadhaar, bank account and PAN by September 15.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had said in his Budget speech that UANs would be allotted to EPFO subscribers. The Labour Ministry had said that the seeding of KYCs to the UAN would be completed by October 15.
Meanwhile, the PF fund body in a statement said that it has settled 53.94 lakh claims this fiscal year till the end of August. Out of total claims, about 68 per cent were settled within 10 days. It said that 4,700 firms used online facility for registration and got their PF codes online in the months of July and August.
Besides, employers can now deposit provident fund dues online through 56 lenders other than State Bank of India. Earlier, firms were allowed to deposit PF contributions online through SBI only.
EPFO's social security agreement with the Czech has been notified on September 1. This will enable workers to avoid double contribution towards social security schemes while on foreign assignments.
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