Govt Issues New Circular On Updating EPF Account Details; All You Need To Know

Employees Provident Fund Organisation has recently issued a circular that will standardise the process of correcting the details of the EPF members. The circular has issued a fresh standard operating procedure to correct the details of EPF members like name and date of birth. As per the EPFO circular issued on August 23, 2023, “It is also observed that unregulated and non-standardisation of processes has led to tinkering with member identities in certain cases leading to impersonation and fraud.” The new SOP will allow the EPF member to update 11 profile-related parameters. How to apply for changes in the EPF account According to the latest EPFO circular, the EPF account holder has to apply to correct the profile details via the Member Sewa Portal. According to the EPFO circular,”The request submitted by the EPF account holder will also be reflected in the employer’s login.