Mysore/Mysuru:  In a move to extend the availability and reach of online services in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has issued revised instructions to its field offices to facilitate PF members to rectify their date of birth in EPFO records, thus ensuring that their Universal Account Number (UAN) is Know Your Customer (KYC) compliant.

The date of birth recorded in ‘Aadhaar’ will now be accepted as valid proof of date of birth for the purpose of rectification, provided that the difference in the two dates is less than three years. The PF subscribers can submit the correction requests online. 

This will enable EPFO to validate the date of birth of members online with Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) instantaneously, thus authenticating and reducing the processing time of change requests.

EPFO has instructed Field Offices to expedite disposal of online requests, enabling PF members in financial distress, to apply online for availing non-refundable advance from their PF accumulations to tide over the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Message for Employers 

The Prime Minister has urged the Business Community and Higher Income Groups to not cut salaries or resort to layoffs of their employees. 

EPFO requests all the Employers to not cut salaries of their employees who are not able to work due to diseases or social distancing. Your humanitarian gesture will support poor workers to overcome this hard time, the press release added.