Understanding the New SSN Form in PF: What's Its Purpose for Employees?

As we know, the PF Department introduced an SSN form for all employees. What is the purpose? :)

Once you have submitted the SSN form, you would get an SSN number (similar to the PAN number) which can be used anywhere in India. You need not change your PF account in case you have the SSN number even though you keep changing companies.

There is one post on the same thread regarding SSN; you can go through that for more details.

Chitra

Dear ,

Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation has launched a major project called “Re-Inventing EPF India’ to provide world class service to all its clients. As part of this project a unique identity number called Social Security Number (SSN) is allotted to every Provident Fund subscriber. It is the first step towards providing world class service to all Provident Fund subscribers. Social Security Number is a unique 14 digit identification number. Subscriber’s information is collected in prescribed SSN forms along with Photograph of the member.

Social Security Number is compulsory for every Provident Fund subscribers in the new system for providing all kind of services.

WHY DO I NEED IT?
First of all want to inform you that PF Dept is not accepting any pension withdrawal form with out Social Security Number (as per notification no.... dated .....)

AFTER ALLOTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER :

• ü You will have one unique number for life time including for your Pension after retirement.
  
  ü You will get ANY WHERE ANY TIME FACILITY , when all the offices of Employees Provident Fund Organisation are eventually linked together electronically in a phased manner.
  
  ü There will not be any necessity to transfer your Provident fund accumulations every time you change your employment, or move from one place to another.
  
  ü Your Provident Fund account will be updated every month instead of the present yearly updating.
  
  ü Eventually, when the necessary infrastructure is put in place, you can know your Provident Fund balance even over telephone (IVRS), through the internet or through specially set up interactive kiosks.