First Job? Claim ₹15,000 Under PM-VBRY in 3 Steps

PM-VBRY gives first-time salaried employees up to ₹15,000 in two cash instalments. You must be EPFO-registered and complete a short financial literacy course to unlock the second payment. Most new joiners miss this benefit simply because nobody tells them about it.

Here's what happened: PM-VBRY offers first-time formal employees a direct benefit of up to ₹15,000 paid in two instalments, disbursed through EPFO into the employee's linked bank account.. Eligibility requires a new (first-ever) UAN, a monthly salary below ₹1 lakh, and an EPFO-registered employer actively making provident fund contributions on the employee's behalf.. The second instalment is released only after the employee completes a short government-prescribed financial literacy course — skipping it means the second payment is withheld indefinitely..

What you should do: Check your UAN on the EPFO member portal (epfindia.gov.in) and confirm your Aadhaar is seeded and your bank account is verified — missing either blocks the payment.. Ask your HR or payroll team whether your employer is EPFO-registered and contributing monthly; if they are not, you are not eligible and should flag this as a compliance issue.. Complete the financial literacy module as soon as the first instalment arrives — do not delay, as there is a defined window to claim the second payment after the first is credited..

Your UAN is created automatically when your employer files your first EPFO contribution — log in at unifiedportal-mem.epfindia.gov.in within your first month to verify everything is correctly linked before the claim window opens.

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