The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), under the Ministry of Labour and Employment has launched a revolutionary step towards digital empowerment by introducing Universal Account Number (UAN) generation and activation using Aadhaar Face Authentication Technology (FAT) through the UMANG Mobile App. This contactless and secure service marks a major leap in providing hassle-free and fully digital experiences to crores of EPFO members.
New Aadhaar FAT-Based Process: Direct and Secure
To address these persistent challenges, EPFO has now enabled direct UAN generation and activation using Face Authentication via the UMANG App. This service can be used by both employees and employers and offers several key benefits:
- 100% validation of Aadhaar and user using Face Authentication.
- All data of user is pre-populated directly from Aadhaar database.
- Mobile number of user is matched with mobile registered with Aadhaar.
- UAN activation on EPFO portal simultaneously completed during generation process.
- UAN generation directly done by Employee himself/herself and e-UAN card PDF can be downloaded by Employee removing any dependency with Employer.
- At the time of employment, Employee can hand copy of e-UAN card PDF and UAN to Employer for onboarding with EPFO.
- Access to EPFO services such as passbook viewing, KYC updates, claim submission, and more are immediately unlocked.
