PF details to be available on WhatsApp soon
The EPFO will soon allow subscribers to access services via WhatsApp, including checking PF balances and claim statuses. Additionally, members will be able to withdraw funds using UPI payment gateways directly to their bank accounts. The initiative aims to improve service efficiency and reduce pending litigation cases.
- ▪The EPFO will enable WhatsApp services for subscribers within a month.
- ▪Members can withdraw EPF funds through UPI payment gateways directly to their bank accounts.
- ▪Pending consumer cases with the EPFO have significantly decreased from 4,936 to 2,646 in two years.
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The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has decided to allow the use of the WhatsApp platform for subscribers to avail various services, including viewing PF balances, the last five transactions, and claim status. The service will be available to all subscribers of the EPFO within a month.Talking to reporters in Delhi on Tuesday (May 19, 2026), Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said the EPFO would also soon allow the use of UPI payment gateways to withdraw provident fund and transfer it directly to their bank accounts. He said the testing of the facility had been completed. “We have completed the testing of the facility where members can withdraw EPF (employees’ provident fund) through the use of the UPI payment gateway.
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