Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation in its press release dated 6th May 2020 has introduced an email mechanism to obtain e-Sign for easing the Process of EPF Compliance by Employers during Lockdown Period as employers were finding it difficult to use digital or Aadhaar based e-Sign.
Many important tasks like KYC (Know Your Customers) attestation, transfer claim attestation etc are being done online by the authorized persons of employers using their digital signatures (DSC) or Aadhar based e-sign on EPFO portal. For using DSC/e-sign, one-time approval from EPFO’s regional office is required. due to the lockdown, many employers were facing difficulties in sending the one-time registration request to the regional offices.
Therefore EPFO has decided to accept such requests through email also. The employers can now send the scanned copy of the duly signed request letter to the concerned Regional Office through their official e-mail.
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