EPFO has once again extended the last date for activating Universal Account Number (UAN) and linking bank account with Aadhaar under the Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) scheme. The Employee Provident Fund Organization has now extended its last date to 30 June 2025. EPFO has recently issued a circular and informed about this. Earlier its last date was 31 May 2025. The purpose of this extension is to give additional time to those employees who have not yet completed this process. What is ELI or EDLI scheme? Employee Life Insurance (ELI) Scheme is formally called Employees Deposit Linked Insurance (EDLI). It is a life insurance protection for EPF members. Under the scheme, if the employee dies during the job, then a lump sum insurance amount is given to his nominee. This insurance amount can be up to a maximum of ? 7 lakh. This benefit is available only to those employees whose UAN is active and linked to Aadhaar. Why is UAN activation necessary? The first condition for claiming benefits like EPF or EDLI is that the employee’s UAN is active and linked to Aadhaar. An active UAN completely ensures the identity of the employee with the EPFO and all related records are updated correctly. This not only helps in availing insurance benefits, but also makes pension (EPS), PF withdrawal and other claims easier. Who needs to activate UAN? It is necessary to activate UAN to avail all the services of EPFO. Especially those people need to pay more attention whose Aadhaar is not linked to UAN. Also, if your employer has added you to the scheme, but has not activated UAN, then also you should activate UAN immediately. How to activate UAN? The process of UAN activation is online and easy. Employees can complete this in a few simple steps by visiting EPFO member portal Once the activation is complete, employees can check their PF balance, claim status and KYC updates online.
