Govt considering unique number for all PF account holders

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Agencies: Bangalore, Sep 11 2012, 01:01 IST
The Government is considering a proposal to give unique numbers to all provident fund account holders with life-time validity, a Regional PF commissioner said today.

Regional PF Commissioner-I, Bangalore, Kamma Narayana said the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation headquarters has recently sought feedback on the proposal from PF commissioners in the country.

"The proposal is under consideration," he told reporters on the sidelines of an interactive session hosted by the Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce (BCIC) here.

The proposal, if implemented, would see an employee will have the same unique number despite changing jobs and having new employers.

"All through his life, that will be the permanent account number for him," Narayana said.

Asked if he expected the proposal to be implemented from the current financial year, he said "hopefully" but added that it's only at the proposal stage now.

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pf balance

Anitha | 26-Sep-2012Reply | Forward
knowing pf balance

unique number for PF account holders

Uday | 14-Sep-2012Reply | Forward
Why can't government use PAN for such purposes instead of giving out a new number for every conceivable reason. How many kind of numbers are people of India suppose to carry? PAN, PF, UID and what else? Looks like the real purpose is not to be friendly to people of India but to expand the burocratic empire of GOI.

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