EPFO: The last date to Link your UAN with Aadhaar remains unchanged, August 31, 2021
EPFO has announced to link your UAN (Universal Account Number) with the Aadhaar by August 31, 2021, if it’s not linked with your Aadhaar then your employer will not be able to make monthly contributions to your Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) account.
Furthermore, subscribers will not be able to make a withdrawal from your EPF account if your UAN is not linked with Aadhaar because the government has made it mandatory for UAN to be linked with Aadhaar so that employers are able to file Employee Cum Return (ECR) challan and deposit the money into your EPF account.
“After 1st September 2021, the employers will not be able to remit monthly PF and allied dues in respect of their employees whose Aadhaar numbers are not seeded with UAN (Universal Account Number) and they (Employer) will be liable for any legal/statutory/ membership/service delivery aspects affecting such employees of theirs,” the EPFO said
According to a notification, EPFO had decided to make the Aadhaar seeding compulsory after a labour ministry notification in this regard. Ministry of Labour and Employment has announced this via section 142 of the Code on Social Security, 2020 with effect from May 3, 2021, through a gazette notification dated April 30, 2021.
How to Link
Here is the process in three steps of linking UAN with Aadhaar on the Member Sewa portal.
- Log in to the Member Sewa portal on https://unifiedportal-mem.epfindia.gov.in/.
- Select the ‘KYC’ option under the ‘Manage’ tab.
- Select ‘Aadhaar’ option to add a KYC document.
- Now your are required to fill in your Aadhaar card number or your Virtual ID (VID).
- Click on ‘Save’ after which it will be marked as ‘pending KYC’.
- If its done, it goes to the employer to get their consent to link UAN to Aadhaar.
