EPF balance check: 4 smart ways to check without going to EPFO office—SMS, missed call, online and Umang app

EPF balance check online: Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) is retirement scheme where an employer and employee contribute a certain per centage of the salary. About 12 per cent of an employee's basic salary and Dearness Allowance (DA) is contributed towards the Employees' Provident Fund. Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is tasked to manage these accounts. EPF amount can be checked by visiting a nearby EPFO office or through other methods too.  However, as the country continues to grapple with Covid 19 cases, it is not an option to visit office to check online status of your fund. Here we will guide you through four such smart tricks to check your balance without going to an EPFO office.  

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As per EPFO, there are four ways that do not require an EPF account holder to visit office. Let's look at these 4 smart ways of checking your EPF balance

1 EPF balance check SMS: One can simply check status of their EPF balance by sending an SMS to EPFO provided number. An EPF account holder just have to do is send 'EPFOHO UAN LAN' from registered mobile number to 7738299899.

2 EPF balance check Missed Call: This is the easiest of all the methods to check your EPF balance. If you are an EPF account holder and want to know balance in your account, you can give missed call on 011-22901406 from your registered mobile number

3 EPF balance check online: Go to the EPFO website and visit 'EPF passbook portal'. Here you will have to login using UAN and password—'Download/view passbook.'  

4: EPF balance check UMANG APP: Go to EPFO, click 'Employee centric services', select 'View passbook 'and login with UAN to view passbook.