VIJAYAWADA, February 13, 2015
Updated: February 13, 2015 05:44 IST
Employees told to activate UAN soon
STAFF REPORTER
The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has advised the employers to apprise their staff for immediate activation of their Universal Account Numbers (UAN) through websitewww.epfindia.gov.into achieve cent per cent Know Your Customer (KYC) updating at the earliest.
KYC documentation by employers as well as UAN activation by employees was stressed by Regional PF Commissioner Sanjay Bisht as an integral part of the design to provide speedier online services.
He said the EPFO would engage staff to facilitate UAN activation process and data upload verification through digital signatures thereby resolving any issue at their doorsteps. The EPFO was implementing UAN and seeding of KYC documents with Aadhaar, bank account numbers and Permanent Account Numbers.
It aimed at speedy delivery of the services and ensuring that EPF benefits reach the beneficiaries.
The EPFO Regional Office in Guntur has uploaded of 38 per cent of the Aadhaar numbers and 55 per cent of the bank accounts, approval of 62 per cent of the KYC documents and 12 per cent activation of UAN numbers of the employees.
EPFO will engage staff to facilitate UAN activation process and data upload verification through digital signatures