What the government’s message says, and means

What a member actually sees on screen or in a letter is above. What it means is below. Reading it does not make the reason go away — it only makes it visible.

This is a sample case. The names and numbers are manufactured and belong to no real person.

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

Your name in EPFO is not exactly your name in Aadhaar

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.

Still true: Reading this does not change the record. The reason stays exactly as true until it is fixed.

Incorrect bank account details (account number, IFSC code, branch name).

Your bank account name is a short form

Banks print initials. EPFO stores the full name. Nothing reconciles the two automatically, and the payment is made by name match.

Still true: Reading this does not change the record. The reason stays exactly as true until it is fixed.

EPFO has introduced a 12-month waiting period for premature final EPF settlement and a 36-month waiting period for withdrawal benefits under EPS.

You left work less than twelve months ago

Full and final settlement before retirement now requires twelve months to have passed since you stopped working. Under the old scheme it was two.

Still true: Reading this does not change the record. The reason stays exactly as true until it is fixed.

EPF subscribers must maintain 25% minimum balance in their EPF account at all times

You asked for more than 75% of your balance

A quarter has to stay in the account. Kosh shows the exact maximum you can take today rather than letting the claim fail on the amount.

Still true: Reading this does not change the record. The reason stays exactly as true until it is fixed.

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