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News India Live, Digital Desk: The Retirement Fund Body Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) has issued a notification regarding the time limit for Aadhaar seeding in UAN activation and bank account for ELI scheme.
EPFO has said that UAN activation and time-linking time limit has been extended by 30 June 2025 to get benefits under the ELI scheme.
The Union Budget 2024-25 announced three schemes for ’employment-related encouragement’, which were part of the package of 5 schemes and initiatives of the Prime Minister, which aims to facilitate employment, skills and other opportunities for the youth with a central outlay of Rs 2 lakh crore over a period of 5 years.
The ELI scheme aims to create more than 2 crore employment in the country over a period of 2 years. This will contribute significantly in increasing employment opportunities and improving livelihood.
In the first phase, employers will have to complete the process of UAN activation through the base-based OTP for all their employees who join the current financial year by 30 November 2024, which will begin with the recently joined employees. After this, they have to complete the process for all the employees working with them.
The UAN activation provides comfortable access to EPFO’s wide online services, so that they can manage their provident fund (PF) accounts efficiently, can see and download PF passbooks, present online claims for withdrawal, advance or transfer, update personal details and track claims in real time. It provides 24/7 access to EPFO services in their homes comfortably in their homes, eliminating the need to go physically to EPFO offices.
The activation process can be completed using the base-based OTP (One-Time Password). Employers should ensure that their employees activate the UAN by following the steps given below:
Go to the EPFO member portal.
Click on the “Activate UAN” link under “important link”.
Enter mobile numbers related to UAN, Aadhaar number, name, dob and Aadhaar.
Employees should ensure that their mobile number is linked to Aadhaar to reach EPFO’s full range of digital services.
Agree for Aadhaar OTP verification.
Click “Get Rights PIN” to get OTP on your Aadhaar mobile number.
Enter OTP to complete activation.
After successful activation, a password will be sent to your registered mobile number.
In the second phase, later, the UAN activation will include the state-of-the-art facility of biometric authentication through Face-Vignation Technology.
