EPFO Restores Passbook Portal After Maintenance, Members Can Log In Again Ahead of 8.25% Interest Credit
The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has restored its passbook portal after completing a scheduled maintenance and system upgrade, allowing members to access their provident fund statements once again. The restoration comes as the organisation prepares to credit annual interest to subscriber accounts for the financial year 2025-26.
The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has restored its passbook portal after completing a scheduled maintenance and system upgrade, allowing members to access their provident fund statements once again. The restoration comes as the organisation prepares to credit annual interest to subscriber accounts for the financial year 2025-26.
Why The Portal Was Taken Offline
The passbook portal had been taken offline as part of a major database consolidation and software migration exercise, aimed at improving the efficiency, security and reliability of EPFO's digital services. According to reports, the portal remained unavailable until June 26 while the back-end upgrade was carried out. How To Ensure Your PF Claim Is Settled in 3 Days: Follow This EPFO Checklist.
A notice on the EPFO website states that transaction records for recently processed accounting years are now available, while data for earlier years is still being migrated and is expected to reflect over the coming days. The notice clarified that the migration is an automated process, and no action is required from members. EPFO Interest Update: 8.25% Annual Interest To Be Credited by July 15.
Some Services Still Face Delays
Although member and employer services have largely resumed, EPFO has cautioned that claims and other service requests could continue to face delays of up to two weeks as additional verification and validation checks are completed during the post-migration stabilisation period.
Separately, EPFO has also changed the process for Universal Account Number (UAN) activation. Members must now activate their UAN through the UMANG mobile application using Aadhaar-based Face Authentication Technology, as this facility is no longer available on the Unified Member Portal.
8.25% Interest Credit For 2025-26
The portal's restoration comes ahead of the scheduled credit of interest at the rate of 8.25 per cent for the financial year 2025-26. The Central Board of Trustees of EPFO had recommended the rate in March 2026, which was subsequently approved by the Finance Ministry in June 2026. Following this ratification, EPFO issued a formal order on July 1 directing its regional offices to credit the interest amount to subscriber accounts.
Members checking their passbooks in the immediate aftermath of the migration may not see the updated interest credit reflected right away, given that the system upgrade and consolidation process are still being finalised in phases.
New Rules On Partial Withdrawals
In a related development, the newly notified Employees' Provident Fund Scheme, 2026, has introduced revised rules governing partial withdrawals, effective June 29. Under the new provisions, EPFO members must maintain a minimum balance of 25 per cent of their eligible EPF corpus before making a partial withdrawal, with the withdrawable amount calculated only after this mandatory balance is set aside.
The requirement applies to both employee and employer contributions. For instance, if a member's eligible EPF balance is Rs 1 lakh, at least Rs 25,000 must remain in the account, leaving up to Rs 75,000 available for withdrawal, subject to the scheme's conditions.
Members are advised to keep checking the official EPFO portal for further updates as the migration process is completed in full.
(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jul 12, 2026 02:02 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).
