How to recover your UAN number?
If you work in a company or office and every month your salary is deducted from your salary, then you will definitely have a universal account number i.e. UAN. This number is very important because from this, your PF account is identified. But what happens many times that when we change the job or do not login to the PF account for a long time, then we forget the UAN number. And then when there is a need to withdraw money or see balance, you do not understand what to do. There is no need to panic in such a situation. Now EPFO has started a method by which you can get your UAN number sitting at home, again from mobile and that too in just a few minutes.
UAN number will be available from EPFO’s website
It has become very easy to recover UAN. For this you do not need to go to an office or agent. Just you should have the mobile number that you had registered in your PF account. For this you first EPFO Have to go to the official website of. The name of the website is: https://unifiedportal-mm.epfindia.gov.in, there you will get an option called “Know Your UAN”. Click on it. Now you have to enter your mobile number, which you gave in PF account. An OTP will come on that number. Put OTP correctly and verify.
After this you have to fill some of your information, such as your name, date of birth and your Aadhaar number or PAN number. If all this information is correct, then you will see your UAN number on the screen. Many times this number can also be sent on your mobile through message. The entire process is very easy and your work will be done in two to three minutes.
UAN number is necessary
Now the question may arise that why this number is so important? Actually, the UAN number is the key to your PF account. Without this, you can neither see the balance of your PF, neither withdraw money nor can you add the old account to the new account if you change the job. From the UAN number, you get to know how much money is there in your account, how much money has been deposited, and how many times you have withdrawn money. This number is like an identity card for every employee.
You will be able to withdraw PF money from ATM
Let us tell you that EPFO has greatly improved its online services in the last few years. Earlier, people had to go round the offices to know the PF balance, the forms had to be filled, but now all this has gone online. Now another big facility is coming, which is being discussed a lot. According to the news, EPFO is bringing such a system, so that people will be able to withdraw money directly from their PF account from the ATM machine. That is, just as you withdraw money from bank account from ATM, now PF money can also be withdrawn. This facility can start from the month of January, although no confirmed date has been mentioned so far.