Finally the wait is over to know your Employee Provident Fund (EPF) account balance. After 2 years of initial announcement to make the account information online, EPFO India has finally delivered something. As per the official note released by the PF department on July 1st of 2011, a valid active account holder will know the balance up to the date. Their claim is that all the accounts are updated for certain circles across country, which also includes the latest approved transactions of settlement/advances/transfer-in/transfer-out, if any.
This data was made initially available for Delhi (North), Delhi (South), Laxmi Nagar (Delhi), Gurgaon, Faridabad, Karnal and Bangalore. Right now PF account balance data is made available for 119 offices across India. Remaining offices records will be made available online soon as per the info on their site.
In order to know your PF account details, follow these simple steps:
- Visit the site http://www.epfindia.com/MembBal.html
- Select the EPFO office where your account is maintained
- Furnish your PF Account number in the online form.
- 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.
If you get confused while entering your information, this pic should help you out!
I tried these steps to get my balance yesterday. First couple of successful submissions went nowhere! I didn’t get any response. Today I was lucky upon trying for the third time! I got the SMS in about 1 hour after filling the details online. Sadly, as on today the account balance reflects the data only till 31st March 2008. We may have to wait for some more time (few more years?) to know the latest balance.
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UPDATE : A new article has been posted with complete information you need to know to get started on Universal Account Number (UAN). Feel free to go through the article, follow steps to start linking your PF accounts with UAN for hassle free transfer of balance from your previous PF accounts to the current one.
Also, EPF Balance Check service is now at your finger tips by giving a missed call on Landline Number 011-22901406 from your registered mobile as mentioned in your PF account.
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Oh yeah, one more thing. Don’t spam the comment stream below with your PF account details. I will not be able to get your details. Your comment will just be deleted if it has only such request. This is just for your information and feel free to use the appropriate links provided to know your account data. There are many finance related articles on this site, feel free to read through to understand about investment, insurance and tax savings.
Reshma says
Dear Mohan,
I am having some problem pf withdrawl.i enquired in pf office they say that my cheques is return back due inactive account but a/c is acitive only…in pf office the say to fill Re authorization form…can i give diffrent bank a/c no or same i have give .pls guide me what actually i have to do and procedure
Sameer says
Hi,
I have 2 EPF accounts. I have given the resignation around 4 yrs back to my previous employer without notice period. I am working in another company since then. Now, I want to withdraw the total balance from my First EPF account, without informing the same to my previous employer. Please let me know, how can I get the amount?
VelmurugN says
Hi,
You will have to approach the previous company HR who deals with PF and submit filled Forms 10c and 19 along with blank cancelled cheque. They will attach Form 3A with all your submitted forms and either give to you or they can submit to PF department. You will get the balance amount after about 45 days if there is no error in the process.
Sonal says
I am also facing problem my data is not available error in EPF website.
Aatif Khan says
Dear All members/Mohan Jee
I have a problem. My PF a/c number is A8316X. When i am trying this to get the online statement the website is not taking this a/c number and showing it invalid. Kindly help
Velmurugan says
Hello,
There will be any error while entering. Confirm with your HR. And if not, pl approach PRO of PF department.
deepa says
sir
my PF account number is KN/MRD/xxxxx/xxx and please tell me how to put this in that particular column and tell me how to cheque the balance
Reshma parveen says
Dear sir/Madam,I’m Reshma Parveen holding a pf account, had applied to transfer pf amount to my personal a/c on 1/6/2011 still my pf amt has not credited to my a/c… I received messages in March month stating that payment is under process. But still didn’t receive any pf amt. I request u people to check status and credit my pf as soon possible
Velmurugan says
Hi Reshma,
You may contact your HR in this case. Otherwise, if you think you can take initiative for your PF account, you may approach to PF department in the query section with your details of PF Nos.
Prabu T says
Hi Sir,
I have transferred my PF amount from my old a/c to new a/c 4 years before. I have also received letter from PF office states that they are sending cheque (they mentioned cheque number also). After I received the letter I didn’t check my balance in new a/c. Recently I have checked my PF balance, it shows only the amout credited by the current employer. Why? How do I know whether the old balance got transferred or not? Is it possible to contact PF office and claim, if transfer not happened? Remember everything was happened before 4 years. Please help me.
Thanks and Regards,
Prabu T
ilyas says
I ‘ve checked the PF balance using the link provided. I got the sms with 2 different figures EE and ER. What is the different between EE and ER … as I have not got any update from Hr team..kindly help and provide the difference between same
Please help to understand.
Thanks,
Ilyas
Parveen says
Hi Ilyas,
EE is Employee contribution
ER is Employer contribution
Manish says
Does the result from the service include PF transfer from the previous employment? I ran a dry test with my payslip data from my current company and compared with the service results. I found that the amount returned by the service does not include the PF transfer from my previous employment. According to my current company, the PF settlement cheque from my previous employer has been deposited in my current PF account.
Prabu T says
Me too having same problem.. pleas help us sir…
Ravinder kumar says
Hello sir
I have many time try to know my epf balance through given link but every time response come that it is a invalid user id but i have put all the right id plz send my balance or how can i know my balance from epfo new Delhi /cpm/
Dhananjay Kumar says
Hi,
I ‘ve checked the PF balance using the link provided. I got the sms with 2 different figures EE and ER. As per my understanding EE and ER contibution is same then why there is a difference in EE and ER.
I check the same with some of my senior collegues, they were not able to answer with reason of 2 different figures.
Please help to understand.
Thanks,
Dhananjay
dharmendra says
Dear Sir,
I have received the following details through SMS:
EPF Balance in my account is EE Amt Rs.42017, ER Amt 29,259 as on 29/3/12 (A/c updated upto 31/3/2011) – EPFO.
EE Rs.42017 + ER Amt Rs. 29259 = 71276
Is this the balance as on 29/3/12 or 31/3/2011? Why is it mentioned in bracket that account updated upto 31/3/2011. Does it mean that a further amount is to be added to the total. as I left the company in June 2011.
I’m really confused, please clarify the above.
Thanks,
Dharma
nagarapu says
By using PF a/c number is it possible to find previous company details?Please give quick reply.
Mohan says
how quickly you want?
sandeep kumar says
sir i worked in cholamandalam before two year .can i apply online for withdrawn of pf
mausam says
Hi,
I was earlier working for a company which has closed now. How can i withdraw/transfer my PF?
Nitin shah says
sir i am private pharma company employee n head office is bassed at mumbai how can i know my pf ballance online is it in epf of ppf plz help me
Vikash Kumar says
Hi,
I am vikash kumar, i have two previous pf a/c no. i want to transfer both pf a/c in my present pf a/c, can i do this.
warm regards,
vikash kumar
Mohan says
Yes, it is possible. Please fill in the appropriate account transfer forms and file it with regional PF office. They will do so and let you know the status in about 3 months.
gulab singh says
Dear Sir,
I have received the following details through SMS:
EPF Balance in my account is EE Amt Rs.17018, ER Amt 5203 as on 26/03/12 (A/c updated upto 31/3/2011) – EPFO.
EE Rs.17018 + ER Amt Rs. 5203 = 22221
Is this the balance as on 1/3/12 or 31/3/2011? Why is it mentioned in bracket that account updated upto 31/3/2011. Does it mean that a further amount is to be added to the total of Rs.22221/- epf time period 01.01.2007 to 31.03.2012.
I’m really confused, please clarify the above.
Thanks and regards.
Anand says
Mr. Mohan,
My wife joined a company in 2006 for a net salary of Rs.3600 and after a steady increase in her salary she is now getting a net salary of Rs.9966. She got a msg stating her EE Amount is Rs.27,695 & ER Amount is Rs.8.590. I have a doubt regarding this amount & I suspect the amount should be even higher as her colleague who just quit the company got more than Rs.1.5 lakh (Same Year of Joining & same scale). Kindly advice as where I can get the correct information.
Thanks in Advance
Albert says
Mohan,
Dont command like this, government getting the efforts with the running scheme, which is not a new scheme. Very very difficult to set right everything in the short period. Which is not possible soon.
I also got information many times instantly.
Sreenath says
Dear Mohan
I appreciate your efforts and time in providing valuable suggestion and guidance to the poor guys roaming here and there for resolving their PF problems.
Earlier I was also one of them. I got the clarity once reading your clarifications given in this blog.
Regards
Sreenath
neeraj singh says
Dear Mohan,
I am having some problem to see online pf balance. My number is “KN / XXXXX / XX” like this. But when i am filling the online form to check my balance, it says “Invalid Member_id / Data not updated against this uk/hld/000000/000/0000000”. please guide me how to fill the form to see online pf account balance
gaurav Sharma says
Hi Mohan,
My PF number is : KN/BN/*****/** how can i check the status of PF. Please let me know
Mohan says
Please read the article once again.
rohit says
PF website and processes is thrid grade there are the wrost. i have not seen such thinks in my life. i check claim status it use to say not rec…….later 1yr document rec for 8months…..after that 7 months…….will rec payment shortly……now status final after 3yrs is that claim rejected. the hell is this do not understand………and i get call from brokers saying do u want claim on fast base u will rec in 15days need to pay 5% commission. gr* for my onw now need to pay commission after that i had arrgurment. now claim rejected. they are enjoying my money. garvince is a another way of making fool. bloody there is no reply for mails. contact number are no reply. worst PF and GOVT.
ijay says
Can you please quote your PF office ?
Muhammed shareef says
Sir
I am very lucky to enter in your blog as I can releive from my miseries about PF. but it is not getting, when I select the state as Karnataka, there is not a link with “BN”
Please help me
Thanks
ijay says
Go to this link and search your establishment under KN and Bangalore. The codes have changed.
Mohan says
Thanks for this link Ijay! I will create another post with the process to get the establishment code and how it maps from old code to the new ones.
sagi vijaya bhaskar says
hai mohan
your blog is so help full
I am facing a problem in my pf account my name is sagi vijaya bhaskar but in pf account my name is wrongly entered bhaskar raju so I want to change my name please kidney suggest me what to do
kishor says
I had sent following message to EPF office.
QUOTE:
I retired on 30-10-2010 from Torrent Power Ltd, Ahmedabad. I was paid total EPF balance amount through ECS on 16-12-10. While paying this amount as full settlement interest for the period 01-04-2010 to 16-12-2010 was calculated as per then prevailing rate of 8.5 %. Subsequent to this EPF final interest rates were revised to be 9.5 % for the year 2010-2011by govt of India. For which Govt Of India issued circular to all PF office during March 2011 to pay 9.5% interest for year 2010-11. Copy of circular attached herewith.
Hence a interest difference of 1 % is due to me by EPF office for the period of year 2010-11.(Interest Difference may be calculated for the period 01-04-2010 to 16-12-2010 on entire balance amount up to 31-03-2010 & contributions from 01-04-2010 to 16-12-2010.)
UNQUOTE:
EPF office has rejected my claim & answered as under:
QUOTE:
This is with reference to your Grievance registered vide Registration Number ROAHM/E/2012/xxxxx.
It is informed that after processing your grievance,the following action(s) has been taken:
The member has been intimated vide this office letter No.XXXX dt:XX/XX/2012 that at the time of settlement of the claim, interest was paid as per the rate of interest declared in the Government Gazette.
Therefore, we are closing your grievance from this office.Please quote the same in your future correspondence.
UNQUOTE
Can you please advise me further on that if EPF member retires in mid of the year & then Govt. increase rate of interest for year gone, will he be entitled to get interest difference OR not. IF not under which reference of EPF act/rule the same is not payable.
Mohan says
Ideally the interest should be prorated if the withdrawal happens in the middle of a financial year. I am planning to post another article with all these minute details. Stay tuned.
Bindiya Thankappan says
Hi
My PF name on my payment slips doesn’t display any region codes as such. The PF number is shown in the format MH/*****/*****. I am not sure to choose a correct option for region code. Result am not able to check my balance. Appreciate your timely help and guidance
Mohan says
Bindiya, find out from your employer about the PF circle and office where your PF account is maintained. Based on that the site allows you to select the appropriate options to know your PF Balance.
Pawan Sharma says
Hi bro,
as per ur picture shown when i enter my PF details it shows invalid member ID
i am unable to get the details althoght i check my salary slip PF number is correct which i am entering plz help me out in this..
Mohan says
The example I have shown is for Bangalore! Please follow the instructions on the site to select appropriate office where PF account is maintained that will automatically fetch the first two fields as indicated in the pic above.
atul says
Hi Mohan,
If a person leaves a job, can he get his PF transferred rather then witdrawing
in case he is yet to start a new job ?
Is withdrawal the only option whiole leaving a company ?
thanks
atul
sachin g says
no you can continue ur pf balance with the next company to know more info go on the office and ask the right person face to face…
Swapnil says
I have received pf is very low, companies has been deduct pf amt. in my salery every month at Rs.800. & I am work from last three year in a companies & my pf amt balance shown 5000 Rs. But Actual Amt we have Rs.30000
Mohan says
Swapnil – did you check if that data was up to date or it was updated till few years back?
Nishant Saxena says
Hello Mohan,
I am facing the same problem as most of the people, I am entering the PF nmumber DLxxxxx/xxxx. but the result is invalid memeber ID/data not updated. My concern here is that my company is now desolved, is this the reason its showing me this error or is there something wrong i am entering. Please help!!!!!!
Mohan says
Nishant – pls check your payslip for the exact name and pf account number that you should be using to input the data on the epf website.
sumi says
Dear Mohan,
I am having some problem to see online pf balance. My number is “KN / XXXXX / XX” like this. But when i am filling the online form to check my balance, it says “Invalid Member_id / Data not updated against this BG/BNG/00XXXX/000/00000XX”. please guide me how to fill the form to see online pf account balance. I am working in Bangalore.
Mohan says
Sumi – best is to check the balance with the help of your employer.
Abhinav Bhagwat says
The format you have mentioned is region code / establishment code / account number. You should go to this. Select I know my estb. code and enter establishment code. There you will get the code of your establishment in new format Region Code/Office Code/Establishment code/Extension. If Extension is not present, it is to be left blank. The go back to this page to select your state. Select establishment and then enter the new format number as Region Code/Office Code/Establishment code/Extension/Account Number. Hope this helps.
Mohan says
Thanks for this link Abhinav and the steps you have mentioned! I will create another post with the process to get the establishment code and how it maps from old code to the new ones.
Prashanth Aggadi says
Hello Mohan,
My account number starts with KN/BN/xxx/xxxxx but when i check in the EPFO..,I dont find anything listed as such..,Please suggest me how to find out my pf bal.
Thanks in Advance 🙂
ijay says
Hey, I was getting ‘data not available’ earlier. Therefore, I had registered a grievance through EPFO website and subsequently in 2 weeks data got updated.
I have received an SMS but the amount mentioned does not include any interest credit and it does not include the amount that was transferred last year from my previous employer (employer’s PF trust). I had submitted the forms to my current employer and called up my previous employer who confirmed that amount was deducted last year in March. :-o.
Is there anything I can do to get a statement of PF ?
Thanks,
Mohan says
Ijay – i think you should visit the EPFO regional office in person and apply for balance statement which is up to date.
Priya says
Thank you so much Mohan! I was able to get my provident fund account balance by following the instructions you have mentioned here. Thank you for such detailed information, never thought this would be so easy.
Mohan says
I am glad this article is helping out so many people to know the epf account balance.
Suman Kaur says
Hi mohan, When I enter my father’s pf account number in pf dept online site it is showing as invalid member id. my father has expired long back my self and my mom stay alone kindly help me to know the balance and how to apply for pf it is in kukatpally branch plz do the needful
Regards.
Suman kaur
Mohan says
Hi Suman, I suggest you get in touch with your fathers employer to get the PF account number. Otherwise, if you have access to any of your dad’s pay slip, you can get all the information you need to extract the account details.
Vijay says
Exactly which number I need to feel for ” Account Number – Maximum 7 Digits”. Please advise.
Subhash Chander says
Hi
My PF acc. no is MH/VAS/*****/****. But MH/VAS does not exist in EPFO.
Please suggest for this
Mohan says
Check the epfo website and follow the instructions by choosing the range and circle offices to arrive at the account balance. Don’t worry about the previous number as on your pay roll.
Ghanshyam singh chauhan says
mohan, i recently checked my epf and the sms i received included my EE & ER amounts and their was a huge differenc in both the amounts. my er amount was 4377 and ee amount was 14305 although they have cleared some amount in first term they cleared 21993 and in second term they cleared 10000. i served there for 27 months . my basic pay was 6200 . please clarify me what amount has left. thanks in advance.
Ravi Kumar M says
Dear Sir,
I have received the following details through SMS:
EPF Balance in my account is EE Amt Rs.18,549, ER Amt 12,776 as on 1/3/12 (A/c updated upto 31/3/2011) – EPFO.
EE Rs.18,549 + ER Amt Rs. 12,776 = 31325
Is this the balance as on 1/3/12 or 31/3/2011? Why is it mentioned in bracket that account updated upto 31/3/2011. Does it mean that a further amount is to be added to the total of Rs.31,325/- as I left the company in oct 2011.
I’m really confused, please clarify the above.
Thanks and regards.
Ravi Kumar M
Mathews J Parackal says
Sir, I am Mathews resigned from AirIndia Air Transport Services Ltd. I submitted my PF withdrowal application to my company and they submitted it to PF office Mumbai. But three weeks before when I checked the status online, which showing APPLICATION REJECTED sending back to addresee. So far I didnt get any letter from PF office.
Can you please help me in solving this problem and requesting you give me phone number for making enquiry.
thanking you
Mathews
crossley says
Sir, I was employed with a company as an employee from May 2009 to Feb 2012 which is less than 5 years. I resigned and now I am working as a contractor in another company where I donto get PF. I want to withdraw PF from my first company now, without tax being deducted by the government.
how long should I wait before withdrawing my PF from first employer to avoid tax OR can I transfer PF to PPF to avoid tax. please repsond. thanks.
Shikha jain says
Hello Mohan,
I have been trying to know my pf balance.But all time it is saying that-Invalid member id inspite of filling all details correctly.for eg-my a/c number is “4321/432” and during processing it says-“4321//432” becuase i dont have any extension number, end even its not metioned in my pay slips.Kindly please help me so that I can get a informatin about my pf balance.
Nadira A says
Hi i wanna know abt my pf amt chk thgh online so pls any one let me know
Mohan says
Please read through the article once again 🙂
Priyaranjan says
I tried check my PF claim details in epfindia.net in which i came to know that my office area and region code correctly but before i was unaware about that. so i tried enter a wrong entry first and then i entered correctly. I got my Claims details via SMS also. Now i want to check my PF Balance in which it tried to enter my details but i did not got a proper response. So i need a contact number of PF Office in Maharastra.
Thomas says
Hi , I got the balance amount sms . Please clarify me whether the amount shown under ER and EE includes the 8.5 % interest also
priya kapoor says
how to get code num & account num ( pf num ) pls rply ,,,,,,
Siddhartha says
Check your salary slip, generaly complete PF code no is mention on it.
sharma says
Dear Ms. Priya,
Please check with your HR person as he will have all the details of your PF Number.
Thanks
Sahana Mruthyunjaya says
Hello Mohan,
How do I know the actual name that has been provided on EPF slip, when I am checking online. I guess the name that I am providing is incorrect and I am not finding this data anywhere.
Could you please help me how do I proceed on this.
Regards,
Sahana
Siddhartha says
Name displayed in your payslip, should be on EPF slip too, or try recalling name written while filling PF nomination form
VGPK Noble says
Hello Mohan,
When I am trying to check my balance of my PF account at my previous organisation which I have resigned on 6 May 2006 it is giving a message as below.
STATUS for Member ID: PY/BOM/xxxxx//xxxx
Your Account has been marked as In-operative Account. For details please contact respective EPF Office
Can you please advise what has to be done now?
Regards,
VGPK Noble.
Mohit Kaushal says
hi
i checked my dads pf account , after adding all the details it shows your account has been marked as In- operative account contact pf office What it means ?
for other account it says account has been settled, contact PF office ,What it means ?