Do you also get EPF? Check balance with Umang app, this is the way

Through the Umang app, you can check your balance sitting comfortably at home. You just have to download your app in mobile and update your credentials. You can check your balance every month.

There are many ways to check the balance amount in Employees Provident Fund (EPF). Including offline SMS-based method. If you want to check your EPF balance online, there are two ways to do so. One is by visiting the official Employees' Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) website and the other is by using the UMANG app. In both the cases, it is very important for you to know your Universal Account Number (UAN). To check your EPF balance online, you will also need to register your mobile number with EPFO.

How to check EPF balance with Umang app

Go to Google Play Store or Apple Play Store and search for 'UMANG' app. After that download it in your mobile phone.

After downloading open the UMANG app. To use EPFO ​​services, you have to register on UMANG app.

Registration can also be done by using the registered mobile number or through 'My identity' or DigiLocker.

After registration, there is a search bar on the top of the app. It will be written 'Search for Services'. Click on it and type EPFO.

Many services related to EPFO ​​will appear. When someone searches EPFO ​​there will be two buttons. One is 'Service' option and the other is 'Department' option. Under 'Services', go to 'View Passbook'.

As soon as you click on it, there will be three options- 'Employee Centric Service', 'General Service', and 'Employer Centric Service'. You have to click on 'Employee Centric Service'. A new page will open. This new page will ask for UAN number. After entering the UAN number, click on 'Login'.

In the next step another new page will open. This page will inform that an OTP has been sent to the mobile number registered with EPFO.

Once you enter the OTP and click on the 'OK' button, it will take you to a new page where you can view your EPF passbook and check your EPF balance.

Keep this in mind

An important thing to remember here is that the mobile number should be registered with the same UAN for which the passbook search is being done. If it is not registered then this service cannot be used, and the system will show an error message.