The interest received on the amount deposited in the PF account will soon be sent to the account of the PF account holders. The government has reduced the interest on PF from 8.5 percent to 8.1 percent for 2021-22.
New Delhi. The Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) has reduced the annual interest on deposits from 8.5 percent to 8.1 percent for the financial year 2021-22. This interest money will soon be transferred to the account of the EPF account holders.
EPFO has about 6 crore account holders. Although the amount of interest is transferred to the accounts around Diwali, but this time after reducing the interest and getting early permission from the ministry, it will already be given to the account holders. This is the lowest interest rate on PF since 1977-78. Then the interest of 8 percent was available on PF. You can check PF balance in many ways.
For the convenience of the account holders, EPFO has shared this information from its official Twitter handle that how any account holder can check the balance of his PF account sitting at home.
How to check your PF account balance
Via missed call
Any account holder can check the balance of his PF account by making a missed call on EPFO’s helpline number 011-22901406 from his registered mobile.
Via SMS
- To check your PF account balance through SMS, first you have to send EPFO UAN LAN from your registered mobile number to 7738299899.
- Here LAN means language in which language you want to check your balance.
Check balance online like this
- Account holders can check PF account balance by visiting the official website of EPFO sitting at home. Here you have to log in through UAN number and password.
- After this you have to click on the option of ‘Passbook’ and you will be able to see the balance of your PF account on your screen.
Via UMANG App
- Any PF account holder can download the UMANG app on his smartphone and check the balance of his PF account through it also.
- You have to click on the option of ‘EPFO’ in UMANG app. After this, you will have to log in here through your UAN number and OTP.
- Here you can check the balance of your PF account by clicking on the option ‘Passbook’.
