Curious About Your Provident Fund Balance? Here's How to Find Out Quickly

Sir, I want to know my provident fund amount. Please reply to me as soon as possible.

Dear All,

I believe at present there is no mechanism to know from where you are about your PF Account details, compared to the facilities that a bank account has. This is because the EPFO has not completely computerized and integrated its systems. It has launched a project sometime in the month of August 2007 by the name of "Re-Inventing EPF India," by which an employee would have had a unique account number (called the SSN No.) wherever he worked within India. By that unique number, one could have found out through the net, his/her account statement details. But this dream project seems to have flopped as there is no intimation about the progress of this project by the EPFO. Since then, so many companies and employees have filed their SSN forms so many times (an employee may have changed so many jobs), there could have been chances of duplicacy, triplicacy, and so on... Normally it takes 30 days to get one's withdrawal credited, but sometimes it takes unusually long. This way the account holder's faith in the organization gets diminished, and he thinks it was better had he invested the money somewhere else.

The only way to know about your EPF details is to visit the concerned Public Relations Officer of the EPF office in your area and get to know from him/her the status of your account/withdrawal.

Best Wishes and Regards,
Debashis

Hey Buddies,

Please visit [EPFO](http://www.epfindia.nic.in) or [EPFO](http://www.epfindia.com) and click the "know your claim status" link. You will be asked to input the required details, and you will know the status of your claim pending with the concerned PF or information of settlement.

Furthermore, you can also write to CPFC (Central Provident Fund Commissioner) directly, from where the required initiative will be taken to settle the claims.

Regarding the PF balance, I believe the PF department has not yet come up with a solution for this, apart from the PF slips issued by them at the year-end.

Thanks & warm regards,

Datta Shirgaonkar Labour Laws Consultant - Mumbai.

Hi all,

I understand that many are having problems with PF claims and are eager to know the PF status. Many numbers displaying Maharashtra, Delhi, Tamil Nadu codes have been shared here, with the expectation of receiving a response to your query. Who will check and provide an update?

To check your PF status, visit the EPFO site at http://www.epfindia.com/. On the left-hand side, click on 'Customer service' --> 'Lodge your grievance' --> 'click to proceed'. This will take you to the Grievances Registration form. Fill it out and submit.

Additionally, log in to the website of the Regional Office of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation to which you belong. There should be a link such as "Know your Balance" or "Status of Application". Enter the necessary details when prompted, including your PF number and acknowledgment number. If the database is regularly updated, you will receive the result. Otherwise, consider reaching out to your nearest PF zonal office.

Regards, Chandru