How To Find Employee Provident Fund (EPF) Balance Online?
If you are working in a private or a non-pensionable public sector, you must be aware of the Employee Provident Fund (EPF) scheme. It is a fund run by the Government of India to which both the employee and the employer contribute 12% of the monthly basic salary of the employee each month. The employee gets this amount + interest on this amount after the retirement.
Though the employee gets this amount only after the retirement (you can even get it before the retirement in some cases), it is very likely that they would want to know the balance in their EPF account from time to time.
Till some months ago this was a very difficult process. But in July 2011, EPFO (Employee Provident Fund Organization) made these details available online. So, now you can easily find the balance in your EPF account from the comfort of your home.
How To Find The EPF Balance Online?
Before we start, keep your PF account number handy, as you will need it. It is generally given in your monthly salary slip. If not, you can contact your finance department. This is how a PF account number looks like:AP/HYD/12345/098765
Now follow the steps given below to find your Employee Provident Fund (EPF) balance online:- Go to http://www.epfindia.com/MembBal.html and click on “Click Here”.
- Select your PF office state from the dropdown as shown below.Check your PF account number to find your office state. For example, if your PF account number is AP/Hyd/xxx then your PF office state is AP and the Office Name is Hyderabad.
As of today, PF balance information is available for 119 offices given in this list: http://59.180.233.84/epfo/member_balance/office_list.php
- Clicking on the Office Name will open up a new page as shown below. Enter your PF Account Number, Name and Mobile Number in the respective fields.
In the PF Account Number field, first two columns are auto-filled. 3rd column is the Establishment Code, 4th column is the Extension Code (not applicable for everyone) and 5th column is the Account Number.
Example: If your PF account number is AP/HYD/1234/9876, then 1234 is the Establishment Code (3rd column) and 9876 is the Account Number (5th column). Leave the 4th column blank. If, however, your PF account number is AP/HYD/1234/A/9876, then write 1234 in 3rd column, A in 4th column and 9876 in 5th column.
- Once you click on Submit, you will get an SMS on your mobile with your PF balance in the following format:
EPF Balance in A/C No. AP/HYD/1234/9876 is EE Amt: Rs. XXXX, ER Amt: Rs YYYY as on DD-MM-YYYY (Account updated upto 31-03-2011)Here, EE is the Employee Contribution, ER is the Employer Contribution, and Account Updated indicates the date up to which the balance is updated. This amount also includes the interest earned over the period.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why Is ER Balance Less Than EE Balance?
You’ll notice that the ER balance is much less than the EE balance, even though the employee and the employer contribute equal amount towards the EPF. The reason for this difference is that a part of the employer contribution (8.33% of the basic salary, up to a maximum of Rs 541/-) goes towards the EPS fund (Employee Pension Scheme). After the age of 58, you start receiving this amount on a monthly basis as your pension. Let us understand this with a simple example:Say, your basic salary is Rs 10,000/-. Then, your contribution towards EPF= 12% of 10,000= Rs 1,200/- Employer Contribution= 12% of 10,000= Rs 1,200/- A part of Employer Contribution goes towards EPS. This is 8.33% of the basic or Rs 541/-, whichever is less. So, in our example Rs 541/- will be contributed towards EPS (since 8.33% of 10,000 is Rs 833/-, which is greater than Rs 541/-) The remaining amount from the Employer Contribution will go to EPF. So, the net contribution of Employer towards EPF is 1200-541= Rs 659/-I am getting the error: “Invalid Member Id/Data Not Updated”
If you have recently joined an organization, you might get this error, because the records are not updated in real time. Wait for a few months for your record to get updated in the database.
My EE Amt Rs.2035 and ER Rs.622
Then what will be my Full PF Amount?
Dear your amt will be arround 5600/-.
BUt my PF number is like this AP/HYDxxxx/xxxx. .x is a number… No alphabet is there in between…How to type this in that site.I tried a lot cobinations.thanks
My EPF No Is GR/VSP/0011720/198 please send my Epf Balance
An excellent post that describes very specific and detailed steps to find out EPF balances. Thanks for this info, much appreciated!
Thanks VJ
Can i open our epf mony befor resgin our company.please give me solution.
Its really usefull. Thank you somuch.
My EE amount is Rs. 1289 and ER amount is Rs. 393 as on 4/2/13.
What will be the PF total amount for 1 year?
My EE Amt Rs.1289 and ER Rs.393
Then what will be my Full PF Amount?
Thanks for usefull information… now i understand how to check PF number online…
-HARI, Hyderabad
Very nice post .. Thank you..
My EPF was deducting from an organization or 1.75 yrs
I have joined new organization which is in other state so they gave me new EPF account no
Should I close my older account and withdraw all my money from it?
My Balance in Older acc: EE: Rs.7483 and ER: Rs.2285
What will be the amt I will recieve when i wihdraw from above?
Plese reply.
My EE amount is 25000 and ER is 10000, what will be my total pf amount?
this is my PF no please give me the how much balance i have PB/27720/5120
hi .i did enter all the information 30 min back, but have not received any message for my a/c info yet. pls help.
hi,
my EE amt:1485 and ER amt is 456 i worked in xyz organization for 13 month.
Can any one tell me how much pf i will get.