Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO): EPF aka Employees Provident Fund is where a large chunk of salaried class parks its money, month on month, to see it grow into a large corpus by the time they retire or hop on to another company. Though every company issues EPF statement at the end of each financial year, what if, you wanted to check in real time how the balance in your Provident Fund looks like?

With rapid digitalization of the BFSI sector, it's easy to check your EPF balance anytime with just a few clicks on your PC or a few swipes on your Smartphone or via a Missed Call or even by sending an SMS. Let us take you through four easy ways to check your EPF/VPF balance anytime, anywhere:

EPFO Website - epfindia.gov.in:

The official website of Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) is your main source of information for anything related to your EPF account whether you are an employee or a pensioner. Under the ‘Our Services’ tab, ‘For Employees’ corner is from where you can check your Provident Fund balance by logging in your ‘Member Passbook’.

You may also check your claim status for claims like PF Final Settlement, Pension Withdrawal Benefit or PF Part Withdrawal from the Member Interface directly or find other important information related to your PF account from this page.

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UMANG App:

You may download the UMANG App for availing various government services online, EPF Balance Status being one of them. Check more about UMANG at https://web.umang.gov.in

SMS:

You may send “EPFOHO UAN” to 7738299899 to get details of your latest PF contribution and balance available with EPFO. The facility is available in English (default) and Hindi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Bengali. To get information in your preferred language you need to type the first three letters in the shortcode eg: “EPFOHO UAN PUN” to get details in Punjabi language.

Missed Call

The EPFO facilitates Missed Call Service at 01122901406 to get your details like your last contribution and PF Balance with the Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO). However, to avail this service, UAN of the member must be seeded with any one of the Bank A/C number, AADHAAR and PAN.