INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
In the event of a subscriber's sudden demise, only the nominated members can withdraw the EPF savings.Employees' Provident Fund Organisation
or EPFO, which is the nodal agency to monitor EPF (Employees' Provident Fund) contributions, allows subscribers to submit their account's
nomination details online via its official website, unifiedportal-mem.epfindia.gov.in
It is important to nominate members to the EPF account, according to EPFO's website
In the event of a subscriber's sudden demise, only the nominated members can withdraw the EPF savings
Subscribers can also nominate more than one nominee and also fix the percentage of sharing among all such nominees.1
Log on to EPFO's website, unifiedportal-mem.epfindia.gov.in, and enter your UAN (Universal Account Number) and password to login.2
Details like UAN, name, date of birth etc appear on the screen
Now, click on "yes" to update family declaration5
Go to "add family details" and add the details of people you want to nominate
You need to enter the name, date of birth, relation and address of the nominee and Aadhaar number
You can also add more than one nominee by clicking on "add row".6
Go to "nomination details" and declare the total amount of share among your nominees
In case, you would like to nominate only one person as your nominee then you can declare 100 per cent as share.7
Click on "save EPF nomination" button.8
The Aadhaar e-sign facility helps in approving the e-nomination form
Enter the OTP (one-time password).10
After this the e-nomination gets registered with the EPFO
One doesn't need to send any physical document to the employer or ex-employer after the online nomination is done.Get the latest election
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