1
Stops the claim
Your name in EPFO is not exactly your name in Aadhaar
Why it fails
One letter, one space, one missing initial. Every claim is validated against the Aadhaar-held record before it is paid, so the match has to be exact.
EPFOFATIMA SHAIKH
AadhaarFATIMA SHEIKH
The rule — §2.2, parameter 1 of 11: Name
throw a number of anomalies in profiles leading to rejections/failures/frauds. As a result, genuine members have to go through a long channel for corrections
EPFO Standard Operating Procedure No. JD/2024/1 Version 2.0, Joint Declaration, member profile correction · Read the rule · We read this on 2026-08-19.