Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) has made a big announcement for PF account holders. EPFO has changed the rules of death claims for PF account holders. EPFO has issued a circular giving this information. Now according to the new rule, if an EPFO member dies and his PF account is not linked to his Aadhaar or the information given in the Aadhaar card does not match with the information given with the PF account, then also that account holder The money will be paid to the nominee. After this change, death claim settlement has become easier.
On behalf of EPFO, it has been said that after the death of EPF members, the regional officers were facing many problems in linking and verifying their UID details. Therefore, there was a delay in payment to the EPF member's nominee and they had to wait for the money.
EPFO said that after someone's death, the information given in Aadhaar cannot be corrected. Therefore, the money will be paid to the nominee based on physical verification. However, for this, permission of the regional officer will be required.
After the seal of the regional officer, the PF amount will be paid to the nominee. Apart from this, special care has been taken by EPFO to prevent any kind of fraud. Under this new rule, the authenticity of the nominee or family member will also be thoroughly investigated.
After this, the PF money will be paid. This will be applicable in case the information given based on the PF account holder is incorrect. If the member's information with EPFO UAN is incorrect, then another procedure will have to be followed for payment of money.
If the PF account holder has not given the name of the nominee in the information given and he dies, then the PF money will be paid to the legal heir of the deceased person. For this, he will have to give his Aadhar card.
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