Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of State for Personnel, PG and Pensions announced a Nationwide Campaign for the Submission of Digital Life Certificates and the use of the face authentication app by Pensioners in the month of November. He said, “in Amrit Kaal Period, a Digitally Empowered Pensioner would enable the creation of a Digitally Empowered Nation.” Dr. Jitendra Singh said submission of Life Certificates is an important activity to be carried out by pensioners every year in the month of November (with a special provision for pensioners aged 80 years and above to submit their Life Certificates in the month of October) to ensure continuity of their pension. In the traditional mode, pensioners had to present themselves before the Pension Disbursing Authority for physical submission of their Life Certificate which was inconvenient, particularly for the old, ailing, and infirm pensioners. Further, there was no mechanism for the pensioners to get a status regarding updation of their Life Certificates in the records of the Pension Disbursing Authority.

Dr. Jitendra Singh said that to enhance the ‘Ease of Living’ of Central Government pensioners, the Government has been promoting the use of Digital Life Certificate i.e. Jeevan Pramaan extensively. Initially, the submission of DLCs using biometrics was commenced. Subsequently, the Government developed a Face-Recognition technology system based on the Aadhar database whereby it is possible to give a DLC from any Android based smartphone. This reduced the dependence of pensioners on external bio-metric devices and made the process more accessible and affordable to the masses by leveraging smartphone-based technology.

Dr. Jitendra Singh launched the nationwide campaign for the month of November 2022 and urged all pensioners to avail the facility of Face Authentication technology. He said that the Pension Disbursing Authorities have been issued directions for promoting the use of DLC/Face Authentication technology. Detailed guidelines in this regard have been issued to the various Ministries/ Departments of the Government of India as well as to Banks to reach out to the maximum number of pensioners to avail of the service. All CGHS Wellness centers/Dispensaries/Hospitals have also been requested to set up camps on their premises for this purpose. In addition, Pensioners Associations have also been sensitized to hold camps for pensioners for DLC submission.

Advertisement | InfoCom Solutions