People who do jobs are given a salary every month in return for their work. Similarly, people are also given the facility of ESIC and PF. If we talk about PF, then it is run by the government unit Employees Provident Fund Organization Authority i.e. EPFO. In this, a fixed amount is deducted from the salary of employed people every month and deposited in your PF account. At the same time, interest is also given on it, but have you activated your UAN number? If not, then you should get it updated. If you do not do this, then you may face problems in withdrawing money from your PF account. So let's know how you can activate your UAN number. You can know about this in the next slides...
This is how you can activate your UAN number:-
Step 1
If you also have a PF account and you have not activated your UAN number yet, then you should get it updated
For this, first of all, you have to go to the official website of EPFO unified portal-mem.epfindia.gov.in/memberinterface/
Here you will see many options
Step 2
Out of all these, you have to look for the option 'Important Links' and then click on it
After this, you will get the option of 'Activate UAN' here
You have to click on it
Step 3
Then a new page will open in front of you
Here you first have to fill in your UAN number or you can also enter the member ID
Then you have to enter your 12 digit Aadhaar number here
Step 4
Apart from your Aadhaar number, you also have to fill in your name and date of birth
Then you have to enter that mobile You have to enter the number which is linked to your Aadhaar here
Now enter the captcha code given on the screen
After this, you have to tick on consent and click on 'Get Authorization Pin' after which your UAN number gets activated.
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