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:
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
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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