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Services Provided list in Unifiedportal-emp.epfindia.gov.in website…..
EPFO has made it mandatory that in India all private sector employees must have an EPF account. EPF stands for Employee Provident Fund. Not only in the private sector, is the EPF online payment facility available in all the government sector banks as well. The unified portal of the EPFO is a very big step towards making the whole process of EPF payment and facilitation as easy as possible for both the employers as well as the employees. There are endless services provided on the unified portal to make the process easy for one and all.

The link https://unifiedportal-emp.epfindia.gov.in/ is specifically dedicated to the employers. Here the employer needs to enter the username and password to make use of all the services which are available to the employer. There are many services which are made available to the employer like registration of the establishments, online payment of the PF, filing of the monthly returns etc.

But for using all these services the employer first needs to make an employer registration at the new UAN unified portal (if the employer has not already registered on the portal). The registration process is very easy and one just needs to provide the following details to register itself and to get the username and password.

Details of the employer/company (Personal as well as related to the organization).
Digital Signature
PF Code Number

If you have all, the process of registration is easy for you. Follow the below-defined steps to register yourself at the portal.

Visit the page https://unifiedportal-emp.epfindia.gov.in/
Agree to the terms and conditions by making a tick mark before that and then click on the Submit tab.
Now fill on all the personal as well as organization details with all the precision. Remember, when you enter the PAN, you need to enter the PAN of the company only. You should not enter the PAN of the authorized signatory here.
After entering the Mobile number, you will instantly get an OTP which you will need for the authentication. Enter the OTP to authenticate the registration and then click on the ‘Register’ tab.
If all goes well, the employer gets an SMS which will consist of temporary UAN and password. The employer will need it to Login to the portal for the first time. After that, the employer can change them as per wish.
Now visit the employer portal with the link https://unifiedportal-emp.epfindia.gov.in/ and Login with the temporary UAN and password. It will then ask you to change them. Change them as per your wish.

Now, remember, there are two types of Sign In (a) Establishment Sign In and (b) Employer Sign In. It is highly advisable to use the Employer Sign In for the company level and Establishment Sing-In for all the regular activities.

Now, you must be interested to know what an employer can do on this portal. Well, there are various services that an employer can enjoy at this portal. Some of them are:

Create a UAN for a new Employee.
Make registration of new employee.
Link a new employee to the already existing UAN.
Upload KYC of the employee
Approve the EPF withdrawal

When you Login to the portal with the employer User ID and password, you will get to see six major tabs in which all the services are summarized very nicely. The 6 tabs are: (a) Home (b) Member (c) Establishment (d) Payments (e) Dashboard and (f) User. Let us discuss some of the major services provided to the employer on this portal and how to make use of them.

(A) Generating UAN for the Employee:

UAN can be generated by both the employer and the employee. Here, as we are talking about the services that can be utilized by the employee, let us discuss how UAN can be generated by the employer.

After login on the https://unifiedportal-emp.epfindia.gov.in/. You will see the home page. There will be a tab highlighting ‘Member’. Click on that.
In the drop-down menu, select the ‘Register –Individual’ option.
Use the Form-11 filled by the employee to enter the details of the employee on the portal. This reduces any possibility of error.
Now, get a copy of employees AADHAAR Card and fill in the details of the employee from there.
After filling in all the details, click on the ‘Submit’ tab.
Instantly you will see that the UAN of the employee has been generated. This makes an employee an EPF member.

Note: This UAN is used for the ECR submission. An employer can not generate the UAN of the employee unless he has the AADHAAR, PAN and Bank details of the Employee.

(B) Modifying the UAN details of the new employee:

If the new employee already has a UAN, the employer just needs to take the UAN from the employee and then use it on the New UAN portal of the employer. When the employer enters the detail of the UAN, there is an automatic generation of the employee detail. The employer just needs to use the option where he / she can change the employer details, mobile number etc. When the employer is changed, the new employee gets linked to the new employer automatically.

(C) Payment of EPF online:

In order to access the E-Seva portal of the EPFO, the employee must possess a bank account in any of the Government Bank. If one has a corporate account, it is an added advantage and makes the process of EPFO payment as easy as possible. If one has opted and accessed the online banking facility, he / she can easily transfer the money from the Government bank account to the EPFO account.

Now let us directly talk about how to Pay EPF online. Just follow the below-listed steps to make the online payment of the EPF. Before starting to make the payment, just make sure that you have username and password handy to Login to the portal.

For making the payment, you first need to login to the E-sewa portal of the EPFO. https://unifiedportal-emp.epfindia.gov.in/ is the official link of the EPFO.
On the home page, make a login with the username and password.
Now after Login, search or the ‘Payment’ option. In the drop-down list, click on the ‘Payment (ECR)’.
On the new page, first of all, download the last month ECR. Make sure to download it in the Excel sheet form i.e. CSV format.
Now in the excel sheet, fill in the details in the column carefully. After filling all the required columns, just save the file in the text form i.e. in the *.txt form.
Next, you need to upload this file on the portal. After uploading, click on the ‘Proceed’ tab which is easily visible on the screen.
It is now the time to generate the challan. Search for the ‘Generate Challan’ tab and click on it to generate the challan.
If you will carefully look on the page, you will be able to find the TRRN. This is required for the ultimate payment of the EPF.
Now download the Challan receipt and the Acknowledgement Slip.
Now it will ask about the type of payment you need to make. Select the ‘Online Payment’ as the Payment Option.
When you select this option, you will be asked to select the bank through which you want to make the online payment. When you pay the EPF money online, one gets the message of the debited amount on the RMN (Registered Mobile Number).

Note: It is highly advisable that you must keep the ECR and TRRN with you for any future use. It is better to keep a print out of the online payment receipt. When you make a payment, you must keep one thing in the mind. There are certain administrative charges that gets deducted while making the payment. Mostly 0.85% of the Total EPF Wages is deducted and for EDLI 0.01% is deducted.

There are two ways for the payment of EPF: (a) Payment (Direct Challan) and Payment (ECR). The selection depends on the mutual consent of both the employee and the employer. Under the payments option of the portal, one also gets an option for ECR / Return Filing.

List of Services offering in the https://unifiedportal-mem.epfindia.gov.in website to know your UAN status and Epfindia UAN Login Activation…..
So you want to know about the services provided to the employees by the unified portal. Actually, the ‘member-interface’ of the unified portal is for the employees only and not for the employer or any other person. Actually, the unified portal presses for the linking of the Aadhaar to the PF account with the help of the UAN number. It is because only after the linking of the Aadhaar with the PF account the unified portal can provide all types of the services to the employees online.

Once one has linked UAN to the Aadhaar, an employee can avail any of these services through the member interface section of the unified portal of the EPFO. Let us quickly start with the types of services it can provide.

Actually, the facility to generate UAN online has been introduced in 2017 only. This facility can be availed even by the unemployed person also who is not currently the member of the EPF scheme. Isn’t it interesting? The process to generate the UAN online with the help of Aadhaar is quite simple. You just need to follow some simple steps to get it done. Let us quickly understand the process to generate the UAN online on the unified portal.

Checking the PF Balance with UAN in unifiedportal-mem.epfindia.gov.in

Checking the PF balance was one of the major problems faced by the employees of the yesteryear’s. But with the linking of the UAN to the Aadhaar, one can easily check the PF balance as it is directly connected to the KYC details of the employee. Do you want to know how you can check the PF balance online by using the member-interface? I can help you with that. The process is as such:

Unifiedportal-mem.epfindia.gov.in website is the link to directly reach on the member interface page of the unified portal of the EPFO.
On the right-hand side window, you will see some boxes asking for some details related to your UAN number. Fill in the details and then click on the ‘Login’ tab. This will help you to Login to your EPFO unified portal account.
After a successful Login to the page, you will be easily able to see your updated passbook at any time. The service is available 24 hours a day without a hitch.

The passbook of the employee majorly consists of the following details:

The monthly contribution towards your PF account from the employers’ side.
Your contribution to the PF each and every month in your account.
The contribution of the employer to the pension scheme of the employee.
The current balance in the EPF account of the employee.

If you want, you can even download your passbook. Just click on the download tab placed near the passbook.

Keep an eye on all the EPF account activity:

Once you have linked your UAN and Aadhaar at the unified portal, you will get all the information related to credits or any charges related to the EPF account through SMS on their registered mobile number. There is an EPF mobile application also that can be used to check all the activities related to the EPF account. To know more you can give a missed call on 9718397183.

unifiedportal-mem.epfindia.gov.in Homepage

Submit all the EPF related claims online:

If you have Aadhaar Seeding with UAN, you can easily present your EPF related claim to the EPFO with the help of the unified portal. For the validation of the PF claims, one does not need to reach out to the businesses. One can just access the unified portal with a Login and password and make a claim settlement.

For claim settlement, this process works very fast. Previously, the process required to submit the claim offline and one required to submit the composite claim form to the EPFO office. It used to take about 30days to settle the claim. There is no requirement of submitting any document with making an online PF Part Withdrawal case. In such cases, the online application is considered as the self-declaration. But there are some prerequisites for making a claim online. Some of them are:

One must have UAN Activation.
One must have the RMN (Registered Mobile Number) with him/her.
One must have updated Aadhaar information.
One must have an IFSC seeded bank account in EPFO database.
One must have current and completed KYC detail.
In case, the service tenure is less than 5 years, one must have a PAN number registered at the EPFO database. It is the prerequisite for the final PF settlement.

Together with the prerequisites, you must know the type of EPF claims that can be withdrawn online. There are actually 3 types of claims that can be settled online.

EPF partial withdrawal
EPS (Employee Pension Scheme) Withdrawal.
Full and Final Settlement of the EPF.

So now, you know all. You just need to learn about how to apply for online EPF withdrawal process. The process is not complicated but needs a little knowledge about it. Let us start with the process.

Reach out to the member interface section of the unified portal of EPFO or directly click on this link https://unifiedportal-mem.epfindia.gov.in/
Log in to this page with the help of UAN and password.
Search for the ‘Manage’ section on the page and then click on the KYC link. There check your KYC status and modify it, if it is required.
Now click on the ‘Online Services’ link. There, click on the Claim (Form-31, 19 and 10C).
There, you will be asked to choose from the three types of claim settlements: (a) Full EPF Withdrawal (b) Partial EPF Withdrawal and (c) EPS (Employee Pension Scheme) Withdrawal.
After selection, submit the request.
You will get an OTP on your mobile number registered with UIDAI. You need to authenticate your submission of claim request by using this OTP.
Once you have entered the OTP, you will get a message of successful authentication on the screen. When you get it, consider that your claim has been submitted successfully.
After the successful submission of the claim request, if you feel like checking the status of it, you can easily do so by using the tab ‘TRACK CLAIM STATUS’.

Download UAN Card in unifiedportal-mem.epfindia.gov.in

Now the employees can download the UAN card from the portal and carry it wherever they go. This helps to print the passbook whenever needed. Actually, the UAN card contains all the details of the employee, so it is a very reliable ID. To download the UAN cards, you can simply follow these steps:

Login to the unified portal of the EPFO using the member-interface page or simply click the link https://unifiedportal-mem.epfindia.gov.in/
Now after Login, look in for the ‘View’ section. Under it, search for the ‘UAN Card’.
You will now be able to see the UAN card on the screen.
Now you can easily download or print this card in the usual way.

For KYC, one needs the following details:

National Popular Register
PAN
Bank Account Details
Aadhaar
Driving License
Passport
Ration Card
Election Card

The process of updating the KYC on the portal is quite easy. You just need to remember the UAN. Login with the help of this and upload the required KYC details. The process to update the KY is as such:

Login to the unified portal of the EPFO using the member-interface page or simply click the link https://unifiedportal-mem.epfindia.gov.in/.
Now search for the ‘Manage’ tab on the screen. Click on that and in the list which appears, find the ‘KYC’ option.
A list of related KYC information and documents will appear. Select the type of KYC information which you need to update.
After you have updated the details, you will see that the status of the KYC has been changed to ‘pending’. Once the details are approved, you will be able to see the updated KYC information.
After the approval from the employer, you will be able to see the status change as ‘Approved by Employer’. The information on the same will also be sent on your mobile.

So you have seen that there are endless services provided by the unified portal. You can access any of these services if you properly logged in to the portal. For this, you need to activate the UAN by just linking the Aadhaar to the PF account. Once it has been done, the employee can avail all the services online without a hitch. There are many other smaller services also which are available on the portal. We will discuss them later.