EPFO to accept Aadhaar as birth proof online from subscribers

Ravi S Singh
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, April 5

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has rationalised its rules to facilitate provident fund members as by submitting an Aadhaar card they can rectify their date of birth thus ensuring that their UAN is KYC compliant.

This move is aimed to extend the availability and reach of online services in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic.

A communiqué of the Union Labour Ministry on Sunday said that the EPFO has issued the revised instructions to its field offices for necessary action in the matter.

As per the revision of the rule, the date of birth recorded in Aadhaar will now be accepted as valid proof of date of birth for the purpose of rectification, provided that the difference in the two dates is less than three years.

The PF subscribers can submit the correction requests online.

This will enable EPFO to validate the date of birth of members online with UIDAI instantaneously, thus authenticating and reducing the processing time of change requests.

The EPFO has instructed field offices to expedite disposal of online requests, enabling PF members in financial distress, to apply online for availing non refundable advance from their PF accumulations to tide over the COVID-19 pandemic.