EPFO allows registration of digital signatures via e-mail

Jalandhar, May 8

The Regional Commissioner of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), Sunil Kumar Yadav, on Thursday said the organisation has decided to allow employers to register their digital signatures through e-mail. This facility has been provided in view of the Covid-led lockdown.

He said several important tasks such as KYC attestation and transfer claim attestation are being done online using digital signatures (DS) or Aadhaar-based e-sign on the EPFO portal by persons authorised by the employers. To use the DS or e-sign facilities, the authorised persons send a request to the EPFO’s regional office. But owing to the lockdown, many employers have been difficulties in sending the requests, he said.

Employers can send a scanned copy of the request letter to the e-mail: sro.jalandhar@epfindia.gov.in, the official said. — TNS