As a salaried employee, you must be aware of the fact that many businesses today deduct the Provident Fund (EPF) from employee salaries, which is then paid to the employees। But you can only use this money according to the EPFO rules। You must enter your username and password to access your Provident Fund account in order to check your balance, update your KYC, or withdraw funds.
Your UAN number serves as the login for your account, which you must first activate. An SMS with a password will then be delivered to the registered mobile number. Only after activating your UAN number is it possible to generate a password, but not everyone knows how to do it. But don’t worry—this post will walk you through the entire, step-by-step process of creating your UAN password for your Provident Fund account. Make sure you finish reading the article and take all the recommended actions.
How to Activate UAN Number
Step 1:- First of all, Open any browser on your phone, laptop, or computer. & then Go to the official website of EPFO that is epfindia.gov.in.
Step 2 :- Now you will reach the home page of EPFO website. Here you will see a lot of options but out of which you have to click on the ‘Online Claim Member Account Transfer’ option.
Step 3 :- The “Activate UAN” option you will be able to see under the “Important links” section then you will have to click on that link.
Step 4 :- Your UAN number must now be entered. You will also have to enter some of your personal details includes your full name, Aadhar card number, birthdate, and mobile number must be entered. Recall that the mobile number associated with your Aadhaar card you must be entered.
Now enter the given captcha correctly and then click on the ‘Get Authorization Pin’ button.
Step 5 :- As soon as you click on it, you will receive an OTP on the registered mobile number that you have entered earlier. So enter the received OTP and then click on ‘Validate OTP and Activate UAN’ option.
So in this way you can activate your UAN number successfully. Once the UAN number is activated you will receive an SMS containing details of your login password.
Once you receive this text you can simply enter the username which is your UAN number and the login password which you received after the activation process. And you will be able to log in to your provident fund account. This process is very easy and simple. All you have to do is follow the steps given above and you will be able to generate a password for your provident fund account with which you can easily perform any task related to your provident fund account from the comfort of your home.
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