EPFO Short Code SMS Service : Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation

Organization : Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation
Service Name : EPFO Short Code SMS Service
Country: India

Website : http://www.epfindia.com/site_en/index.php
Short Code : https://www.statusin.in/uploads/10536-Short.pdf

EPFO Short Code SMS Services:
Dear Members! Activate your UAN! EPFO has launched Short Code SMS Services! Get your balances on your mobile phone!….

How To Send SMS:
1. Enetr the Mobile Number XXXXXXXXXX
2. Enter the Message eg. EPFOHO UAN <LAN>
3. Click on the Send Button

<LAN>:
First Three Character of Preferred Language

1. English : ENG
2. Hindi : HIN
3. Telugu : TEL
4. Punjabi : PUN
5. Gujrati : GUJ
6. Marathi : MAR
7. Kannada : KAN
8. Malayalam : MAL
9. Tamil : TAM
10. Bengali : BEN

Sh.Bandaru Dattatreya Launches of EPFO Short Code SMS Services Option to Get Service in Ten Different Indian Languages:
Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, the Minister of State for Labour and Employment (Independent Charge) has launched EPFO’s Short Code SMS services for the members of EPFO during the 206th meeting of CBT(EPF) held on 11.03.2015.

This facility is envisaged to ease the members in knowing their details along with contribution and PF Balance. As this facility is available only to the UAN activated members, such facility will speed up the UAN activation process by the members.

During the year 2014, EPFO had launched the UAN programme wherein a Universal Account Number was allotted to all the members and different services such as passbook, monthly SMS of contributions were provided on its activation at EPFO’s UAN portal. The Short Code SMS service will be available to UAN activated members.

In this facility the member will send an SMS in predefined format from his/her mobile number registered during UAN activation. The EPFO on receipt of such SMS will send the members details available with EPFO along with details of KYC seeded, Last Contribution and Total PF Balance.

The Members has been given an option to know the details in 10 different Indian languages namely English, Hindi, Telugu, Punjabi, Gujarati, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Bengali.

UAN Service :
A Universal Account Number (UAN) will be generated for each of the PF contributing members during the period 01/01/2014 to 30/06/2014 by EPFO. The UAN will act as an umbrella for the multiple Member Ids allotted to an individual by different establishments. The idea is to link multiple Member Identification Numbers (Member Id) allotted to a single member under single Universal Account Number.

EPFO :
EPFO is one of the World’s largest Social Security Organisations in terms of clientele and the volume of financial transactions undertaken. At present it maintains more than 15 crore accounts pertaining to its members.

The Employees’ Provident Fund came into existence with the promulgation of the Employees’ Provident Funds Ordinance on the 15th November, 1951. It was replaced by the Employees’ Provident Funds Act, 1952. The Employees’ Provident Funds Bill was introduced in the Parliament as Bill Number 15 of the year 1952 as a Bill to provide for the institution of provident funds for employees in factories and other establishments.