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Workers under EPFO scheme can now withdraw money from PF amid coronavirus lockdown. 2h5p1w

By Abhik Sengupta | Updated: 30 March 2020 17:29 IST

EPFO Website Appears to Be Down After Pandemic Advance Facility Announced as Coronavirus Relief Measure

Photo Credit: Twitter / @socialepfo uo5

The government announced the Pandemic Advance Facility relief measures amid the lockdown

Highlights

The cause of the reported EPFO outage is unknown
The government recently approved the withdrawal of money from PF
This was announced to provide relief to those affected by coronavirus

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Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) official website on Monday appeared to have been facing an outage, a couple of days after the government announced the Pandemic Advance Facility relief measures amid the novel coronavirus lockdown. On March 28, the Ministry of Labour and Employment announced that the government will amend regulations to enable workers enrolled under the scheme to withdraw three basic months worth salary or 75 percent of the accumulated provident fund - whichever is lower. The measures were part of the Rs. 1.70 lakh crore economic package, introduced by the Ministry of Finance to tackle economic distress caused due to coronavirus pandemic lockdown.

To recall, under the coronavirus pandemic.

EPFO introduced 'Pandemic advance facility' for employees#IndiaFightsCorona #EPFO #CoronavirusOutbreak #SocialSecurity pic.twitter.com/KcR5VnHfuM
— EPFO (@socialepfo) March 29, 2020

Although banks are exempted from the lockdown, many workers looking forward to availing the EPFO services were hoping to turn towards online facilities to ensure social distancing as announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Gadgets 360 tried reaching out for an official confirmation from the government over the EPFO website's reported outage, however was unable to establish . The cause of the reported outage is also unknown, though it is possible that the announcement triggered a sudden spike in traffic as people flocked to the site - thus overloading the EPFO portal.

Meanwhile, a website that tracks the outage-related information, showed that the EPFO website was in fact, down.

Down for Everyone or Just Me shows EPFO website is facing an outage
Photo Credit: Down for Everyone or Just Me

To check the PF Balance via online, SMS or missed calls, s' can follow the find the relevant information either on the salary slip or the EPFO Member Services Portal.

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