The Employee Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has further simplified seeding of Aadhaar in Universal Account Number (UAN) and also correcting the mismatch between Aadhaar details and UAN, the retirement fund body said in a circular on August 13.
The circular said that the existing joint declaration feature has been further simplified for members who are yet to seed/verify Aadhaar or need to correct their Aadhaar in their UAN.
What should EPFO members do in case of mismatch of details between Aadhaar and UAN?
In case of a mismatch in any of the fields of name, gender and date of birth, between UAN as well as Aadhaar for the members, the employer can file the request for rectification of the above fields through the joint declaration (JD) functionality.
“…in all cases where the name, gender and date of birth as available in the UAN matches exactly with those in Aadhaar, then the member can approach his/her employer, who can seed Aadhaar with the UAN of the member through KYC functionality available in the employer Portal. No separate approval as such is required from EPFO,” the circular further said.
What about cases where wrong Aadhaar is linked with UAN
The EPFO says that for correction of Aadhaar, i.e., cases where a wrong Aadhaar has been erroneously linked with the UAN, the employer can now enter the correct Aadhaar in online JD functionality and forward to the regional office concerned for approval.
The seeding of Aadhaar as KYC for UAN has been started with an aim to provide services directly to the beneficiaries without intermediation of the employer. This resulted in seamless service delivery and has greatly reduced the turnaround time of availing the benefits by the members.
How the EPFO simplified process for members
A vastly simplified process has been instituted whereby members themselves can modify their profile if their Aadhaar has been seeded and got verified from UIDAI, the circular said, adding that there are only few cases of members who are yet to seed/verify their Aadhaar and getting routed to the employer or EPFO for approval.
Summing up…
With these changes, the EPFO is looking at making Aadhaar-UAN linking and corrections faster and easier for members. The retirement fund body has reduced the need for multiple approvals and enabled employers to directly update details.