UAN to be made must for firms covered under EPFJune 20, 2015:

 Central Provident Fund Commissioner K K Jalan speaks at the seminar 'PF Near You,' in Bengaluru on Friday. Bengaluru Regional PF Commissioner Sarojani Rane looks on. DH Photo

 The Employees Provident Fund Organisation is all set to notify a draft order next week which will make the Universal Account Number (UAN) compulsory for all organisations covered under the Employees Provident Fund Scheme.

The organisations will be given time till August 25 to complete the formalities after which all the claims pertaining to provident fund of the employees will only be settled online using the UAN number.

This was announced by the Central Provident Fund Commissioner K K Jalan, who was in the City to conduct meetings with the employers. He met over 150 employers on Friday and discussed possible issues that could crop up while shifting the workload from manual to online. He said the new order is a paradigm shift in the way provident fund related work was carried out.