Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) E-Nomination: Aadhaar Is Mandatory Now.
Every account holder of the EPF (Employees' Provident Fund) needs to add a nominee. This is to ensure that the nominee can claim the money easily in case the account holder passes away unexpectedly. The nominee is usually a close family member of the account holder. An e-nomination facility has been launched recently by the EPFO (Employees’ Provident Fund Organization). This was announced in a circular released by the EPFO on the 12th of September 2019. The EPFO has made it mandatory for the EPF account holders to link their Aadhaar to their accounts. Besides, the EPF has also made it compulsory to add the Aadhaar number of the nominee.