PF Interest Credited: The year 2022 is over and the new year has started but till now interest money has not come on PF. Employees Provident Fund Organization or EPFO (EPFO) customers have been waiting for their PF interest for a long time.
According to media reports, the government can transfer interest money (PF Interest) on PF by the end of January i.e. before the budget. However, no official announcement has been made by the government in this regard.
It is expected in media reports that by the end of January, the government can give interest at the rate of 8.1 percent on EPF deposits. Right now the interest on EPF is almost equal to the interest on bank FD. If you are also waiting for interest on PF account then you can easily check PF balance.
Balance can be checked through SMS
If your UAN is registered with EPFO then you can get information about your latest contribution and PF balance through SMS. For this, you have to send EPFOHO UAN ENG to 7738299899. The last three characters are for the language. If you want information in Hindi, you can send it by writing EPFOHO UAN HIN. This SMS has to be sent from the registered mobile number of UAN.
You can also know the balance of PF through missed call.
You can give a missed call on 011-22901406 from your registered mobile number. After this, a message will be received from EPFO, in which the details of your PF account will be found. This call has to be sent from the registered mobile number of UAN.