Delhi : The Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India has launched a nation-wide campaign for promotion of Digital Life Certificate for Central Government pensioners. In November 2021, Dr. Jitendra Singh, the Hon’ble Minister of State (PP) had launched the milestone Face Authentication Technique of submitting Life Certificate through any Android Mobile Phone. Now the department is launching a special nation- wide campaign for promoting the Life Certificate through Digital mode and to popularize the Face Authentication technique. All the registered Pensioners Associations, Pension Disbursing Banks, Ministries of Government of India and CGHS Wellness Centers have been directed to promote the Digital Life Certificate/Face Authentication Technique for submitting Life Certificate by organizing special camps for ‘Ease of Living’ of pensioners. In this series, a Central Government team from Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare shall be visiting Jammu where this campaign shall be organized on 12th November, 2022 for Central Government pensioners at the Jammu Cantt. Branch of State Bank of India. All pensioners can visit the Centre for submitting their Life Certificates through Digital means.
Digital Life Certificates submitted since 1.10.22 till date are36,38,937 and of this total DLC through Face Authentication are 1,93,768. Further, the total DLCs submitted by Central Government pensioners for this period is 14,40,395. Of this total DLC of Central Government pensioners through Face Authentication is 1,20,145.
Earlier, life certificates had to be submitted in physical form and for this old pensioners had to stand in queues outside banks for hours. Now, it has become possible at the click of a button from the comfort of their homes. In the process of submission of Life Certificate through Face Authentication using Android mobiles, the details regarding Aadhaar Number, Mobile Number for OTP, PPO Number, Account Number with Bank/Post Office are required for the first time. This facility is also available to the pensioners of several other Pension Sanctioning Authorities such as State Government and EPS-95.
The central team has urged all the pensioners to visit the center to submit their Life Certificates through digital medium.
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