Everything about Universal Account Number

Hi guys, this article provides full information about the UAN (Universal Account Number). So why late let’s have a look.         
Universal Account Number:
The UAN is the shortcut word for Universal Account Number. This UAN is the12 digit unique number allotted to the each member of the EPF. This will helps him to control the EPF accounts.
This Universal Account Number is issued by the employment government of India. If the person will changed the job then he will get another PF account. So in this way the multiple PF accounts will allot to an employee.
Advantages of UAN:     
v  No involvement of employer in the PF withdrawals:
 Presently, any request for the PF withdrawal has to pass through the previous employer has to sign then forwarded to the EPFO. The PF money in the previous account will automatically transferred to the new PF account after KYC verification.
v  No need to transfer the Funds:
Transferring PF amount from the one employee account to the other used tedious and lengthy process. For this advent of UAN there need to transfer at all. For change the accounts that mention the KYC and the UAN details to the employer.
v  SMS alerts for the easy management:
After the register of the EPF then the employees received the SMS alerts from EPFO. The alerts are very similar to that phone every time your bank account is credited or debited.
v  Enhanced the effectiveness of employee pension scheme:
Many of the employees preferred withdraw the PF amount from the account while switching the jobs. When the PF money is withdrawn then the fund contributed towards the employee pension. Instead of withdrawing and transferring the EPF money directly results in greater pension money after the retirement.
Benefits and features of UAN:
Introduction of the UAN, bank account details of the member and the KYC details are linked that the employee identity is established and verified.
The main benefits of the UAN as follows
*      Employees can withdraw their PF online using UAN
*      Employees can connect all the PF accounts to the single unified account
*      While transferring the PF amount from old to the new account is also made easy with the UAN
*      UAN is the identification number that is independent to the employees and they required for the employer to authenticate to your profile if the KYC verification and aadhar number
*      Employees can check their EPF balance instantly using the UAN member portal only. Also by sending the SMS with the UAN number
*      The UAN will helps the employee to manage their PF accounts online and would that any employer not able to hold back the PF amount of the employee
*      Employees able to track if the company is depositing the PF every month just by the registering on the UAN

These are the details of UAN. Stay tune!!!! In the next article get the details for Universal account number registration process. Hope have a great time while reading the article. Please share your suggestion and experiences with us through comments below.
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