EPFO (Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation) today started
a value added service ( SMS Service ) for its subscribers. Intimation to
subscribers regarding Provident Fund Status and settlement of claims will be
sent to any subscriber who has submitted his mobile number while submitting his
claim.
The service provider for this is BSNL. EPFO offices located
across the country will upload their claim settlement data to the FTP server
placed at National Data Centre at New Delhi on a daily basis. BSNL will
collect, and consolidate it for scheduling bulk SMS to all members every day.
Mr. Samirendra Chatterjee Central Provident Fund
Commissioner launched SMS service in a function at New Delhi by sending first
batch of 245 SMS by click of a button.