{"id":19428,"date":"2019-04-04T11:18:56","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T11:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/?p=19428"},"modified":"2026-04-07T17:17:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:47:03","slug":"epfo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/epfo\/","title":{"rendered":"8 things one should know about epfo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EPFO is named as Employees&#8217; Provident Fund Organisation. The EPFO has been involved in assisting the statutory body and Central Board of Trustee formed by Miscellaneous Provisions Act including the EPF. They are following the regulatory control of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India. The EPFO functions the double role of being the executive and supervising the implementation of the Act. Also, EPFO is a service provider for the protected pensioners which involves both employers and employees that is EPF members. EPFO has been taking various actions to interpret the procedure of EPF account including the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/epf-balance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> EPF balance<\/a> both for employees and employer by selecting IT-enabled techniques and tools.<\/p>\n<p>In the whole paragraph, one will observe the role of EPFO in upgrading the social security system for the employers and the employees in India and how they go about it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lets us explore the things one should know about the EPFO\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/epfo\/#When_EPFO_was_founded\" title=\"When EPFO was founded\">When EPFO was founded<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/epfo\/#The_Hindi_name_for_EPFO\" title=\"The Hindi name for EPFO\">The Hindi name for EPFO<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/epfo\/#The_purpose_of_creating_EPFO\" title=\"The purpose of creating EPFO\">The purpose of creating EPFO<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/epfo\/#The_Easy_and_simple_way_to_cater_EPFO_services\" title=\"The Easy and simple way\u00a0to cater EPFO services\">The Easy and simple way\u00a0to cater EPFO services<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/epfo\/#_The_EPFO_has_Portal_Services\" title=\"\u00a0The EPFO has Portal Services\">\u00a0The EPFO has Portal Services<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/epfo\/#EPFO_launched_UAN\" title=\"EPFO launched UAN\">EPFO launched UAN<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/epfo\/#EPFO_governs_offices_to_pay_a_greater_amount_of_pension_to_eligible_members_of_EPF\" title=\"EPFO governs offices to pay a greater amount of pension to eligible members of EPF\">EPFO governs offices to pay a greater amount of pension to eligible members of EPF<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/epfo\/#EPFO_launches_a_common_form_for_various_kinds_of_withdrawal\" title=\"EPFO launches a common form for various kinds of withdrawal\">EPFO launches a common form for various kinds of withdrawal<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_EPFO_was_founded\"><\/span><strong>When EPFO was founded <\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>EPFO was founded on 4 March 1952.EPFO assists the Central Board in determining necessary contributory schemes a pension, Insurance and Provident Fund Scheme for the workforce involved in the regulated sector in India. It also executes Bilateral Social Security Agreements with different countries on a correlative basis. The schemes comprise Indian workers and International workers which have bilateral agreements signed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Employees-Provident-Fund-Organisation.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19434 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Employees-Provident-Fund-Organisation.jpg\" alt=\"epfo \" width=\"568\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Employees-Provident-Fund-Organisation-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Employees-Provident-Fund-Organisation-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Employees-Provident-Fund-Organisation-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Employees-Provident-Fund-Organisation-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Employees-Provident-Fund-Organisation-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Employees-Provident-Fund-Organisation-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Employees-Provident-Fund-Organisation.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Hindi_name_for_EPFO\"><\/span><strong>The Hindi name for EPFO<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The name for Employees Provident Fund Organization of India\u00a0the in the Hindi Language is seen in the picture below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/epfo3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19436\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/epfo3.jpg\" alt=\"epfo\" width=\"620\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/epfo3-200x121.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/epfo3-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/epfo3-400x243.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/epfo3-600x364.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/epfo3.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_purpose_of_creating_EPFO\"><\/span><strong>The purpose of creating EPFO<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For rendering a bright future to the industrial workers after their retirement or for their dependents, in the event of their premature death, involved the attention of the Central Government for a long time. The first Provident Fund Act passed in 1925 for regulating the provident funds of some private concerns was limited in scope. Looking to these concern many schemes and act introduced to avoid the mishappening. The success of this Scheme made in1948 led to the demand for its expansion to other industries. After this, at the end of 1951, the employees&#8217; provident fund ordinance was taken into the account and in 1952 it was replaced by the Employees&#8217; Provident Funds Apracticalityct. For managing all the schemes and act by the goverment and regulatory body they designed EPFO.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Untitled-design-17.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19437 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Untitled-design-17.jpg\" alt=\"epfo\" width=\"490\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Untitled-design-17-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Untitled-design-17-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Untitled-design-17-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Untitled-design-17-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Untitled-design-17-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Untitled-design-17-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Untitled-design-17.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Easy_and_simple_way_to_cater_EPFO_services\"><\/span><strong>The Easy and simple way\u00a0to cater EPFO services<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>EPFO services are presently accessible on the UMANG mobile app. You can easily cater to all the services presented by EPFO and you can also enquire about EPF. For the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/provident-fund-epf-registration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> EPF Registration<\/a>, you can cater to the services provided by us at legalraasta. The UMANG APP can be downloaded by giving a missed call 9718397183. The UMANG app can also be downloaded fro from the play\/app stores.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a link to download UMANG APP :<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=in.gov.umang.negd.g2c&amp;hl=en_IN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=in.gov.umang.negd.g2c&amp;hl=en_IN<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Available-on-Google-App-store-and-iOs-app-store.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19441 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Available-on-Google-App-store-and-iOs-app-store.jpg\" alt=\"epfo\" width=\"609\" height=\"862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Available-on-Google-App-store-and-iOs-app-store-200x283.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Available-on-Google-App-store-and-iOs-app-store-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Available-on-Google-App-store-and-iOs-app-store-400x566.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Available-on-Google-App-store-and-iOs-app-store-600x849.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Available-on-Google-App-store-and-iOs-app-store-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Available-on-Google-App-store-and-iOs-app-store-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Available-on-Google-App-store-and-iOs-app-store-800x1131.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Available-on-Google-App-store-and-iOs-app-store-1200x1697.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Available-on-Google-App-store-and-iOs-app-store.jpg 1588w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3 data-fontsize=\"14\" data-lineheight=\"20\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"_The_EPFO_has_Portal_Services\"><\/span><span id=\"EPF_Portal_services\">\u00a0The EPFO has Portal Services<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>practicalityPeople who are part of the EPFO can review their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/epf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EPF balance and statements<\/a> by ministering the official website of the Employees\u2019 Provident Fund Organization. The government has launched a website portal for the employees to review all about EPFO. You can cater to all services linked with EPFO, PF and EPF.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epfindia.gov.in\/site_en\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EPFO Website<\/a> by the goverment of India.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screenshot-from-2019-03-23-15-48-42-e1553336453850.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19443 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screenshot-from-2019-03-23-15-48-42-e1554365868795.png\" alt=\"epfo\" width=\"1362\" height=\"606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screenshot-from-2019-03-23-15-48-42-e1554365868795-200x89.png 200w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screenshot-from-2019-03-23-15-48-42-e1554365868795-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screenshot-from-2019-03-23-15-48-42-e1554365868795-400x178.png 400w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screenshot-from-2019-03-23-15-48-42-e1554365868795-600x267.png 600w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screenshot-from-2019-03-23-15-48-42-e1554365868795-768x342.png 768w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screenshot-from-2019-03-23-15-48-42-e1554365868795-800x356.png 800w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screenshot-from-2019-03-23-15-48-42-e1554365868795-1024x456.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screenshot-from-2019-03-23-15-48-42-e1554365868795-1200x534.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screenshot-from-2019-03-23-15-48-42-e1554365868795.png 1362w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1362px) 100vw, 1362px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"EPFO_launched_UAN\"><\/span>EPFO launched UAN<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Employee Provident Fund Organization founded UAN(Universal Account Number) which functions as a sunshade for the various Member Ids assigned to an individual by diverse employers. Employees are obligated to initiate their UAN at UAN portal in series to avail ample range of online services given by EPFO. The UAN programme was begun in October 2014 as a section of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Shramev Jayate Karyakaram and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/uan-registration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UAN Registration<\/a> is a necessity for EPF. It is possibly the most outstanding step taken by EPFO. UAN is a unique twelve-digit numeral allotted to an employee by EPFO. One will receive an advantage activating UAN at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/unified-portal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unified Portal<\/a> from mobile number. It allows connecting of various EPF Accounts given to a single member. UAN offers a variety of services like updated PF passbook including every transfer-in details, UAN card and ease to link past members\u2019 ID with present ID.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Untitled-design-19.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19446\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Untitled-design-19.jpg\" alt=\"epfo\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Untitled-design-19-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Untitled-design-19-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Untitled-design-19-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Untitled-design-19-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Untitled-design-19-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Untitled-design-19-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Untitled-design-19.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3 class=\"clearfix title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"EPFO_governs_offices_to_pay_a_greater_amount_of_pension_to_eligible_members_of_EPF\"><\/span>EPFO governs offices to pay a greater amount of pension to eligible members of EPF<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The EPFO has begun to push their offices to provide a greater amount of pension to those members of EPF who are eligible for it based on a landmark review by the Supreme Court. The apex court&#8217;s decision had guided the EPFO to review the pension on raised wages of the applicants under EPS. This is good news for the EPS subscribers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/epfo9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19447 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/epfo9-e1554368419426.jpg\" alt=\"epfo\" width=\"1021\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/epfo9-e1554368419426-200x80.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/epfo9-e1554368419426-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/epfo9-e1554368419426-400x159.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/epfo9-e1554368419426-600x239.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/epfo9-e1554368419426-768x306.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/epfo9-e1554368419426-800x319.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/epfo9-e1554368419426.jpg 1021w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1021px) 100vw, 1021px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"EPFO_launches_a_common_form_for_various_kinds_of_withdrawal\"><\/span>EPFO launches a common form for various kinds of withdrawal<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By the grace of EPFO, the subscribers of retirement fund body can instantly withdraw money from their provident fund account by applying one standard form and will not be asked to file certificates. Digital India has grown with Aadhaar Cards linking and it can be presented as proof without the attestation of employers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/epfo-11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19448\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/epfo-11.png\" alt=\"epfo\" width=\"460\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/epfo-11-200x100.png 200w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/epfo-11-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/epfo-11.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The EPFO has a purpose is to enlarge its scope and position publicly and execute old age income security programs with a plan to reposition itself as a leading Social Security Organisation. The EPFO gives futuristic services which keep on developing its elements of provident funds, pensions and retirements.<\/p>\n<p>For more details connected with<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/provident-fund-epf-registration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0EPF Registration<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/esi-registration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESI Regisration<\/a>, you can visit our website services\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LegalRaasta<\/a>\u00a0.Our expert team will guide you in every part connected with EPF and ESI. 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