Giving more independence to account holders, the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has now launched a new facility which allows you to generate your universal account number (UAN) online on your own.
Earlier, the only option for an EPF account holder was to contact his or her employer who would generate the UAN after getting the relevant forms signed by the employee. The employer would have to submit the forms to EPFO and generate the UAN which was then shared to the employee.
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In most cases, the UAN is mentioned on salary slips. If not, you had the option of finding your UAN from the EPFO website.
But now you can generate your own UAN without the intervention of your employer. Remember that you can not have more than one UAN as the number will remain the same throughout your life. At the time of changing jobs, you just need to share your UAN with the new employer for them to get your previous EPF balance transferred to the new account.
Source: livemint
