Introduction of e-GPF Account Statement w.e.f. 2020-21

Indian Audit And Accounts Department
Pr. Accountant General (A & E), West Bengal
Treasury Buildings, 2 Government Place (West)
Kolkata, West Bengal, PIN 700001

File No. FM/CH-II/GPF statement/2021-22/36 Date: 07.10.2021

NOTICE/ CIRCULAR

Subject: Introduction of e-GPF Account Statement from the account year 2020-21 onwards.

Each year this office issues printed General Provident Fund (GPF) annual account statement to each of the HoO/DDO in respect of staff under their control against requisition received from the said officers. However, there were some instances of subscribers not getting their annual statement as no requisition was received from any HoO/DDO in their name or statement being sent to their old office since their name was included in the requisition from that office etc.

In order to facilitate easy access to the annual GPF account statement as well as to provide better service to the GPF subscribers through use of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) and also as a green initiative by this office, it has been decided to discontinue the printing and dispatch of annual GPF statement in paper format. The annual GPF statement will henceforth be available for view and download in soft copy format from the Pr. Accountant’s General website. The statement will be made available in the individual subscribers’ login facility with facsimile signature and QR code as a security feature. The same can be viewed/downloaded in soft copy format and also printed, if required, by the individual subscriber using their login credentials. In addition to being environment friendly this initiative will mitigate the problems arising out of non receipt of GPF account statement sent by postal means, the need to physically visit AG office for getting GPF account statement etc. The subscriber would be able to view and download the GPF statement at their own convenience and from any place having net connectivity. Henceforth no GPF Account statement would be sent to any HoO/DDO.

In order to avail this facility the subscriber should have already registered himself/herself in the PAG website (https://agwb.cag.gov.in/subs/login) and should have a valid user id (GPF series and GPF Account Number) and password. The annual GPF statement would be available under ‘GPF Accounts Statement’ under the subscriber dashboard. The prerequisites for accessing e-GPF statement in the PAG website have been detailed in Annexure-A (attached).

The downloaded e-GPF annual account statement from the Pr. A.G website for the year 2020-21 onwards will be valid for all purposes including any withdrawal from the GPF. The correctness of the data as available in the printed e-GPF statement can also be verified by scanning the QR code affixed on the top right hand corner of each such e-GPF statement. The QR code can be scanned using any smart phone having QR code scanner App. The details of the information that can be obtained on scanning the QR code are as per Annexure-B (attached).

In view of the discontinuance of printing and dispatch of paper GPF annual statement no GPF statement for the year 2020-21 will be distributed from this office nor there is any requirement for sending requisitions for issue of GPF statement to this office. The GPF statement is to be downloaded by the subscriber themselves from the Pr. AG website using their credentials.

However any subscriber whose basic information that is required for login is not yet registered with this office may send a formal letter forwarded under the hand and seal of competent authority mentioning Name, full GPF number, HRMS id, mobile number, DoB, email id (if any) to this office either by post or by email to edpfnd-aqae-wb@nic.in (scanned copy duly signed by Competent Authority if mailed). The list of staff whose mobile number is not yet registered with this office is also put up in the Pr. AG website, (https://cag.gov.in/ae/west-bengal/en/subsite-whats-new).

The annual GPF data for the year 2020-21 is scheduled to be uploaded in a staggered manner (based on the GPF series) within 08/10/2021.

Sd/- Rahul Kumar
Deputy Accountant General (Fund)

Annexure – A

Pre-requisites for registering into the Pr. AG website for download and viewing of GPF account statement.

a) Full Name of the subscriber

b) Entire GPF number of the subscriber (i.e including Prefix e.g. ADM/WB/12345)

c) Date of Birth (dd/mm/yyyy)

d) HRMS id

e) Mobile number

f) Email id (if any).

In order to view e-GPF Account Statement, all of the above information should have already been registered with the O/o. the Pr. Accountant General (A&E), W.B.

In case the above information has not already been registered with this office the same is to be sent to this office in the following format. The information can be sent by post or to the dedicated mail id edpfnd-agae-wb@nic.in as mentioned in the circular.

Proforma for Request to register a subscriber in the GPF Application of Pr. AG (A&E) W.B:

Signature of Head of Office

Step by step instructions on how to view/download e-GPF account statement from the Pr. AG website.

1. Log onto the Pr. AG website https://cag.gov.in/ae/west-bengal/en
2. Go to Online Services-> GPF -> GPF subscriber login.
3. If the subscriber is already registered in Pr. AG website previously then he/she should straightaway put his/her GPF series, GPF number, DoB & Password and login after putting the image code as visible on the screen.
4. If the subscriber logs in for the first time then he/she should go to the link ‘Forget Password?’ and in the next screen put GPF series, GPF number and DoB and after putting the image code click on SUBMIT button. He/she will get an OTP in his/her registered mobile number. After putting the OTP in the next screen he/she can proceed to set own password according to his/her choice. The minimum criteria for password are mentioned in the password screen. Once the password is saved successfully he/she will be able to login in all subsequent occasion.
5. The GPF account statement is available under ‘GPF Accounts Statement’ under the subscriber dashboard.

Annexure – B

The following information (illustrative) would be obtained on scanning the QR code affixed on the top right hand corner of each e-GPF account statement. The same can be used to verify the authenticity of the e-GPF statement.

Name: ABC XYZ;

GPF Account No: MED/WB/12345;

Information: Financial Year: 2020-2021;

Opening Balance: 2824403;

Deposit Amount: 270000;

Withdrawal Amount: 0;

Interest: 232542;

Closing Balance: 3326945

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