Allotment of Universal Provident Fund Account Number to every contributing member
EMPLOYEES' PROVIDENT FUND ORGANISATION
Ministry of Labour & Employment,
Govt. of India
No .. 14, Bhmn"shya Nidhi Bhavan, Bhilcaiji Cama
Place, New Delhi 110 066
No: R-1/C-DAC/2014 Date:21.7.2014
Subject:
-Allotment of Universal Account Number to every contributing
member
registered on ECR portal and subsequent seeding of
Dear Employers
We
are happy to announce that Universal Account No. (UAN) is
being
allotted to each contributing employee by EPFO.
Allotment of UAN
has
been a long pending demand both of employer and employee. It is
expected
that the allotment and deployment of the UAN will substantially
lower
the cost of compliance and shall also in its ultimate form, save the
employer
from verification of various claims made by employee to EPFO.
2.
As of now, the identity of any employee is established only if the
employer
certifies the same. Therefore in the initial phase, it is expected
that
certain initiative will have to be taken by you in making UAN fully
operational.
3. Full implementation of the UAN will involve the following steps:
i)
Allotment of UAN (already allotted by EPFO can be downloaded
from
EPFO Website i.e. www.epfindia.gov.in )
ii)
Dissemination of UAN (To be done by you in respect of your
employee)
iii)
Capturing of KYC and communication of the same to EPFO. (To
be
done by you in respect of your employee).
iv)
Continuous allotment of UAN to new members (To be done by you
in respect of your
employee).
4. The detailed process of each step has
been elaborated in the User
Manual
which can be downloaded from the EPFO Website i.e.
www.epfindia.gov.in It is expected that you will
assign top Priority to this
work
which ultimately is going to help not only you but also all the
employees
as well the EPFO in providing better services.
5. For KYC, a number of options have
been provided. However, priority
should
be given to capturing AADHAAR/NPR Number and PAN. Saving
Bank
account detail of the member is also mandatory. In case you need
any
assistance in providing AADHAAR to your employee(s) or in case you
face
any difficulty in getting a Savings Bank Account opened for your
workers,
the nearest EPFO's Regional Office may be contacted, as the
officers have been
instructed to assist you in this process.
6. The verification of KYC that you are
expected to submit to EPFO
Portal
should ideally be done with the help of digital signature. It is
expected
that most of you are already possessing digital signatures for
transacting
your routine business not only with EPFO but also with other
Government
Organizations such as Income Tax Department, Service Tax
Department,
Ministry of Corporate Affairs etc. In case you have not taken
digital
signature as yet, it is requested to obtain the same. Any KYC
uploaded
to EPFO Portal using the digital signature will entitle the beneficiary to
obtain complete list of services. In case KYC is not approved
using
digital signature, some of the services may not be available to the
employee.
7.
In the initial days, it is expected that there will be a number of queries
and
you may be requiring assistance on a constant basis, and for this
purpose
a toll free Helpline No 1800-118-005 has been specifically
assigned
to extend assistance. For further assistance/suggestions, emails
may be sent at
yours sincerely
Sd.
(SNAJAY KUMAR)
FA & CAO/ACC(IS)
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