EPFO: For employed people, Provident Fund (PF) is the security of their lifetime hard-earned money and future. But often when changing jobs, old PF accounts are left behind. Later, withdrawing money from those closed accounts or adding them to the existing account becomes a big challenge. Now a sure and digital solution to this problem has arrived. Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) is soon going to launch a new portal ‘E-PRAAPTI’. This initiative announced by Union Labor Minister Mansukh Mandaviya is a big relief for crores of employees whose money is stuck in old accounts. Through this new system, you will be able to search and reactivate your old accounts sitting at home.
Dependency on old company ends, direct entry will be available through ‘Aadhaar’
The ‘e-Prapti’ portal will work completely on Aadhaar based state-of-the-art digital system. Till now, to activate or claim any old PF account, approval and paperwork from the previous employer was required. Many times old companies close down or help is not available from there, due to which the employee’s own money gets stuck. The new portal will eliminate this dependency from its roots. Now employees will be able to access their old accounts directly through their Aadhaar authentication and manage them without the help of any middleman or company.
‘Member ID’ will work in the initial phase, more discounts will be available in future
This new digital facility is being implemented in a very systematic manner. In the initial phase, this portal will work mainly through ‘Member ID’. This means that account holders who have the member ID of their old PF account will be able to search and activate their account by entering it on the portal. The department does not plan to stop here. In future, this system will be made so advanced that even those who have forgotten their old member ID will be able to easily find their old account in the system and take back control of it.
Money coming into account in 3 days, new digital avatar of EPFO
EPFO is not limited to just the new portal, but has also made its existing functioning completely high-tech. The figures for the financial year 2025-26 testify to this, where the department has settled 83.1 million (about 8.31 crore) claims. This is a big jump compared to previous years. Those who made advance and partial withdrawals have benefited the most. After simplifying the process of adding bank details and removing old requirements like uploading a check copy, most claim funds are now reaching the employee’s bank account directly in just three days.
Auto-processing has gained momentum, the system is settling claims on its own
The department is now emphasizing on auto-processing by reducing human interference in claim settlement. A total of 55 million (5.5 crore) advance claims were filed in the year 2026. More than 71 percent of these claims were passed in auto mode within just three days without any delay. This trend continued in the month of April also. A total of 6.1 million claims were settled in April, of which about 74% were processed automatically by the claims automated system.
