Key Points
The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPF) has issued a new circular to standardise the process of correcting or updating details of Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) members..
The new circular has issued a standard operating procedure (SOP) to correct details of EPF members such as name, date of birth, gender and so on..
The new process will lead to easier updation of EPF member profile details, avoid rejection while processing claims as well as avoid frauds due to data mismatches...
Parameters Description of correction/change Name -If more than 2 alphabets change and the name also gets changed phonetically -If less than 2 alphabets change and the name also gets changed phonetically -If expanding the name Date of birth If the change exceeds more than three years Fathers name -If more than 2 alphabets change and the name also gets changed phonetically -If inserting the name for the first time -If expanding the name Marital status Change after the death of the EPF member Date of joining Any change after the death of the EPF member Reason for leaving Any change after the death of the EPF member Date of leaving Any change after the death of the EPF member Nationality Non-SSA to SSA country Aadhaar All types of changes or updation related to Aadhaar..
Similarly, to correct the date of birth in the EPF account, the birth certificate, passport and Aadhaar can be submitted by the EPF member, depending on the type of correction..
