You can check your EPF (Employee provident fund) balance online here: Know Your EPF Balance. This service was launched on 1st July, 2011.
On 24th July, 2012, another website to check monthly balance is also launched by EPF department. The EPFO subscribers can get their statement of accounts online on this website: EPF Member Portal. In order to avail this facility, the active subscribers would have to register themselves on the EPFO portal by furnishing their account details. The facility to obtain e-passbook will be available only for active members of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) and would not be extended to those whose accounts are inoperative, settled or have negative balance.
Steps:
- Please click on the above link to know the balance in your EPF Account upto the date.
- Select the EPFO office where your account is maintained and furnish your PF Account number.
- Leave the extension field blank, in case your account does not have one.
- You will be asked to enter your name and mobile number. The given mobile number will be recorded along with the PF Account Number.
- On successful submission of above information, the details will be sent through SMS to the given mobile number.
We tested this out and were little disappointed as balance was only shown upto 31-03-2009 for two of our accounts, for others it says ‘Invalid Member Id’.
Account balance SMS from PF department will have following structure:
EPF Balance in A/C No. OFFICE-CODE/OFFICE-SUB-CODE/EMPLOYER-ACC-NO//EMPLOYEE-ACC-NO is EE Amt: Rs XXX, ER Amt: Rs. YYY as on 30-06-11 (Accounts updated upto 31-03-2009)-EPFO
The link does not work…govt agencies have delivered what is expected from them..sloppy product.
When I enter my detail then show message only “You Account is Markes In-Operative account. Please contact specify EPF office”
What is mean ?
@Rahul
After three years of inactivity, accounts are marked in-operative. May be that could be the reason.
I am with Company from Last 11 years I am with company from april, 2000 and My PF deduct from my a/c continuesly so why it is In-active Please clear my doubt I am worry
@Rahul
We are not sure why your account is showing in-operative. Please contact your employer or local PF office. You may also raise concern on http://epfigms.gov.in/
Pata nahi yeh government ki website kab kam karegi,
how much my PF balance amount. My current account no is OR/RKL/0000008/0003672
@Pranab
You can check yourself on provided link.
I have my PF account in Bangalore. When I enter the account number, it says “Invalid Member ID”, why so?
@Kamal
It happened with me too for two of my accounts.
This online balance check utility is mostly useless.
tried multiple times but getting error “Operation timed out”. 🙁
Yep, another PF account from Bangalore and mine says “Invalid member ID”…
Yes, another crap work by govt agencies. Very clearly, nobody did the sizing of the server and performance testing. The link never works. These govt employees & babus should be all fired ! Just like our politicians, there is no accountability. Before throwing open a facility with so much fanfare, one should have the sense to test it at least for load ! I suspect that this shoddy work is done by NIC i.e. the most infamous and patheric govt dept
@Bhaskar
Yes, this is another crap from Govt departments. Incidentally they have been working of this systems for years now 🙂
New pension scheme(NPS) is in a much better state, but nobody is pushing it to the public.
May be, Nandan Nilekani should add EPF department also to his TAGUP project (NPS is already there in list).
I tried during low traffic hours and I was “Invalid member ID”. Is it that they updated only few accounts details. My PF account starts with KN/WF, any idea if these are also updated.
@Gangesh
Many of the account displays same message as “Invalid Member Id”
Probably records are not updated properly. It should be rectified in some time.
Given that PF department is most inefficient in handling operations, it may take longer time.
That’s why there is a word called “Govt. Khataa”.
I am a software engineer, give this product to me and I will make it error-less within a month. I just need 200 Data-Entry operators for 1 crore data. And so, more if more data.
Also performance will be fine, I guarantee…..
Hi Pankaj,
I am in bangalore and this link worked for me. Thanks!!!!
As you mentioned, it shows account balance till 31-03-2001, which is really disappointing. Any idea, by when we can have this updated till 31-03-2001 at least.
Also, the Balance does not match with the amount whats being deducted as per my salary slip, the difference is around 5% – 7% in Employee Contribution and around 15% – 20% in Employer contribution. What could be the reason? should I contact to my employer for this.
Thank you
-Rajesh
@Rajesh
No idea, by when they will be updating full accounts.
Difference in employer contribution balance will be due to Pension fund contribution, which is not shown in PF balance.
Pension fund contribution will be around 541 per month.
Difference in employee contribution can be due to your interest computation. Interest computation follows a different formula. Interest is added only at the end of year (Feb end) for whole year.
I got the same SMS from EPF office but would be great if you can explain what do they mean by EE and ER
@Mandeep
EE is for employee portion balance and ER is employer portion balance.
Thanks.
I have applied for the PF withdrawal and the status message says that “EE Amt: Rs 34641/-, ER Amt: Rs 26717/- as on 29-06-2011 (Accounts Updated upto 31-03-2010)- EPFO”
So how much amount i will get in refund before or after tax deduction?
@Manish
As this record is till 31 March 2010, you will get more than 61000 shown here plus amount contributed to pension fund.
If five year service is not completed, withdrawal amount is taxable, but PF department does not deduct TDS as of now.
Thanks Pankaj
Dear Pankaj, i work in a pvt. Ltd. cmpany here in okhla, my problem is, that my company is deducting double PF (24%) from my salary, is it legal or illigal? my sceond question is, can i withdraw my PF any time or at any imergency or i have to leave this company then only i can withdraw my PF as said by this company acount person when i discussed with him in this regard.
Thanks
Suresh
Mandate is 12% only but if an employee desires he can contribute more. But Company cannot deduct its share from the employees salaries.IT IS ILLEGAL.
SEND ATLEAST EN EMAIL TO THE CONCERNED EPF OFFICE WITH A COPY OF YOUR SALARY SLIP.
SECOND THING EPF IS OLD AGE BENEFIT SCHEME AND ONE IS PERMITTED TO WITHDRAW ONLY IF HE ATTAINS RETIREMENT AGE OR UNEMPLOYED FOR MORE THAN TWO MONTHS AFTER LEAVING HIS JOB.
OTHERWISE FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES HE CAN WITHDRAW CERTAIN PERCENTAGES OR FULL DEPENDS ON THE PURPOSE.
ALSO IF YOU WITHDRAW FULL AMOUNT BEFORE COMPLETING FIVE YEARS MEMBERSHIP THEN 10% TDS WILL BE DEDUCTED FROM YOUR AMOUNT
Hi,
I used this service and got the following SMS:
“EPF Balance in A/C No. DL/CPM/XXXXXX/000/XXX is EE Amt: Rs 115655, ER Amt: 99017 as on 29-06-11 (Accounts updated upto 31-03-2009) – EPFO”
Does it mean the Employee contribution is 115655 and Employer is 99017 and it’s the balance till 31-03-2009 ? Does this amount includes the interst accrual as well ? As per my calculation it doesn’t . I was with company from Nov-2006 to Jul-2010, so PF for Apr-2009 to Jul-2010 is not yet updated in the system?
@Deepak
This is the amount with interest as on 31-03-2009, interest and amount deposited after this is not included.
115655 is employee contribution and 99017 is employer one. Employer contribution is less because of pension fund contribution (around 541 per month).
@Pankaj, Thanks,
Do you know when does the interest is calculated and credited in account ? I have submitted the application for PF withdrawal, will i also get the pension fund contribution?
@Deepak
EPF interest computation is a bit complex one. Please read below for the computation logic.
Monthly interest is computed by formula:
(Sum of all contributions till previous month end + sum of all interests earned till last February end) x (annual rate of interest/(12×100))
This is computed on employer and employee contribution separately.
Pension fund is deducted from employer contribution every month (Around Rs 541 pm). If you have filled withdrawal form for pension fund also, you will get refund for that too.
Why this EPFO sending SMS on mobile numbers, they could have shown the balance on the same web page.
Guys … not working…invalid member id or always shows …..loading…loading…loading…please suggest them IDEM….3g….:)
it is working and msg will receive on mobile
Hi Pankaj,
My PF withdrawal DS/NHP/934745/102 is under process since 10.03.2011. Its of Delhi South office. 2 online grievances filed, both of them closed by saying pending due to implementation of new software.
Im located at mumbai. Is there anything, you can do to help? or
Is there any Agents in delhi who can help me to get the withdrawal done against a service charge?
Regards,
Biju
@Biju
I also have similar issue and two of my EPF withdrawal are stuck with EPF South Delhi office.
They gave same reason in online grievance filed.
There is little which can be done at this point considering attitude of PF department. We will have to just wait and watch.
New software implementation has been done as online balance check application is open now. Lets see now much more time they take.
You can keep filing grievance after 10-15 days from when the earlier is closed. Someday they will have to act on it.
Another thing which can be done is filing a RTI asking when the new software implementation will be over.
There might be some middle men (so called PF agents) in Delhi who can pay bribe to corrupt PF officer to fasten the withdrawal process, but we don’t know such people and don’t want to feed the corrupt system.
Thanks for the reply… Hope some day some Labour Ministry Official read these blogs and try to address issues/ improve system… Am I expecting too much from them, YES, Right? 🙂 they dont even read their official mails!!! Its quite surprising to note that earlier RPFC of Delhi South is being investigated (Courtesy: News)!!!…
Hi Pankaj, got a questions for you which I assume might have been answered earlier as well. I have a PPF account with SBI and want to transfer funds online via Citibank. Would you know if that is possible through EFT ?
Thanks
@Sbhatia
Online transfer to SBI PPF can only be done through a linked online SBI account. If you also hold a SBI savings account, you can get your PPF account linked.
But better is to get deposits done through any PPF agents, as they give some commission (around 0.5%).
pankaj ji aap ne jo income tax calculator excel format me upload kiye me usko download kiya sub kuch dikha raha he but me ye samajhna chahta hu ki iska jo formula he o kaha kahan aur kaise laga he but jab me double click karta hu tab ye password protected dikha ta he, sir please give me your password for such protected sheet.
I will be thank full to you.
Prabhat Kumar Rout.
i have tried many time , but it shows busy network
hi pankaj
I am pawan kumar working at dmrc in New delhi my PF A/C No.DL-20659 PLEASE GIVE DETAIL
@Pawan Kumar
You can check status yourself on the provided link.
Hi Pankaj,
When ever i try to go to ” Check your claim status” page on epfindia.com site, it says the page has been moved . Do u have the URL to access that claim status page?
@Manish
URL for EPF claim status is still the same. http://www.epfindia.com/ClaimStatus_New.html
Its just that, like other Govt websites, it does not work most the the times.
Finally, i am able to see the claim status.That page finally worked.
Its showing that the request for PF claim has been submitted on 7/7/2011, do u have any idea how much more time they will take approximately?
@Manish
It will take minimum 30 days and maximum no time duration 🙂
Hi My PF account is in bangalore Number starts with KN/WF/35821/1789 . when i visit to the site there is no option for entering the KN and WF since the first two entries is always showing BG and BNG and when i typed the rest of the things (35821 and 1789 as establishment code emp code ) . i get a response as invalid member id . i think this issue might be there for all those users whose PF number starts with KN . is there any solution to it . it woould be great if someone responds to this
Same problem with me…my Pf number is KN/244**/23**…when i enter It shows invalid id…why I don’t know….what is the problem…? can any body help ?
@Pankaj
You will have to wait for some more months (or years) for Govt websites to improve and show correct statuses.
@Hanumantharaju
Your query has been answered on http://www.socialfinance.in/questions/982/checking-provident-fund-online
Hi Pankaj..thanks a lot..it is reaaly helpful.
May I request you to tell us the full form of EE and ER ?
EE stands for Employees contribution and the ER stands for Employers contribution