Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Pension & Pensioners’Welfare has launched Nationwide Digital Life Certificate Campaign 3.0 from 1st – 30th November,2024
Nationwide Digital Life Certificate Campaign 3.0 is being organized at 1900 locations in 800 cities/districts in all States/UTs of India
More than 37 lacs Digital Life Certificates generated across the country within 1st week of Launch of DLC Campaign3.0
Face Authentication Submission of Digital Life Certificate will make life certificate submission easy and seamless for pensioners
Posted On: 10 NOV 2024 6:49PM by PIB Delhi
Department of Pension &Pensioners’s welfare launched the Nation-wide Digital Life Certificate Campaign 3.0 for Digital Empowerment of Pensioners. JeevanPramaan is the vision of the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for Digital Empowerment of Pensioners. The DLC Campaign 3.0 will be held in 800 cities/ towns of India from November 1-30, 2024 in which all Pensioners of Central/ State Governments/ EPFO/ Autonomous bodies can submit their Digital Life Certificates at Pension Disbursing Banks or at IPPB. Super Senior Pensioners can do it from their residence and are provided door step delivery of services. All Pension Disbursing Banks, CGDA, IPPB, UIDAI will be coming together to implement the DLC Campaign on a nation-wide basis.
Nation-wide Campaign 2.0 was conducted from 1st to 30th November, 2023 at 600 locations in 100 Cities across the countryin collaboration with 17 Pension Disbursing Banks, Ministries/ Departments, Pensioners’ Welfare Associations, UIDAI, MeitY, etc.The Campaign was a huge success with more than 1.47crore DLCs generated.
In 3.0, the Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare is putting all efforts to create awareness amongst all pensioners regarding DLC-Face Authentication technique by way of banners / posters placed strategically in offices and all Bank Branches / ATMs. All Banks have created a team of dedicated staff at their branches having downloaded the desired apps in their smart phones who are using this technology extensively for submission of Life Certificates by the pensioners. In case, the pensioners are not able to visit the Branches due to old age/illness/weakness, the Bank officials are also visiting their homes/hospitals for the above purpose.
The Pensioners’ Welfare Associations are extending their full support to the Campaign. Their representatives are motivating the pensioners to visit the nearby Camp locations and submit their DLCs. The officials from Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare are also visiting major locations through-out the Country to assist pensioners in use of various digital modes to submit their Life Certificates and monitoring the progress very closely.
A lot of excitement has been observed amongst all the stakeholders, particularly sick / very old pensioners at all the locations. As a result, more than 37 lacs Digital Life Certificates have been generated by the end of 1st week of launch of the 3.0 Campaign, out of which about 14,329 pensioners above 90 years old and 1,95,771 pensioners between 80 – 90 years category could submit their DLCs from the comfort of their home/locations/offices/branches.
SBI and PNB are leading the Campaign by generating more than 5 lacs DLCs during the 1st week of the month-long Campaign. Maharashtra and Tamilnadu States are topping the listby generating more than 8.5 lacs DLCs during the 1st week of the month-long Campaign.
The Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare will continue all its efforts for making this Campaign a grand success throughout the country.
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