Friends, with the competition of computerization of 117 of the 120 provident fund offices across the country, PF account holders who have sought a transfer can now track the progress of their applications online.
The step, officials in the Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) say, is aimed as much at user convenience as to infuse transparency in the working of the organization.
The facility was started last week and officials says that though the transfer deadline is a month, “unofficially” they are looking at a time windows of one week within which effort will be to complete the transfer. The system of electronic transfer of PF money was put in place from January-2011, which is when the deadline was brought down to one month from a year the it used to take earlier.
Ø An employee seeking transfer of PF money will have to fill Form 13.
Ø After the form is submitted, the regional office will sent it to the other office- if the two employers are in different cities-for verification.
Ø The second office will then transfer the money to the new account after which the new employer will be informed.
Ø If the two employers are in the same city the money will be electronically transferred from one account to another.
For online tracking of the application statue the applicants can visit the EPFO and click on the “Know your claims status link”. The Status will be available when the applicant furnish the PF Account Number and the P.F. Office.
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