Aadhaar Based Digital
Life Certificate for
Central Govt Pensioners
Central Govt Pensioners
Life Certificate for
retired employees to be submitted in November every year.
Retired Central
Government employees, pensioners and those drawing family pension will have to
submit Life Certificates at the banks where they draw their pensions.
Until about a few
years ago, pensioners had to go to their respective banks in order to withdraw
their monthly pensions. Usually there would always be some clerical glitches or
delays in distributing the pension funds causing immense hardship to the
pensioners. In order to rectify this hurdle, the Government began distributing
pension via ATM cards through their respective banks. Pensioners didn’t have to
go to the banks anymore to collect their pensions. But, once every year, they
are required to go to the banks in person, sign and withdraw the pensions.
From 2012 onwards, it
has been made mandatory for pensioners to submit Life Certificates in revised
format in the month of November. The banks have to be informed immediately if
the pensioner dies. In order to avoid potential malpractices and cheatings,
pensioners are asked to submit life certificates, in order to prove that they
are alive.
Now, the Central
Government has decided to introduce the life certificate to go with digital
formation.
‘Jeevan Pramaan
Scheme’ an Aadhaar card based digital life certificate for Central Govt
Pensioners and family pensioners introduced by the Department of Electronics
and Information.
The modern life certificate
brings the details of the pensioner including biometric information. The
complete data will be transfered to central database on real-time basis.
According to the information received, pension disbursing agency to access
digital life certificate. This will conclusively establish that the pensioner
was alive at the time of authentication.
The software
application system will be made available to pensioners and other stakeholders
on a large scale at no extra cost. It can be operated on a personal computer or
a smartphone, along with an inexpensive biometric reading device. This facility
will also be made available at Common Service Centres being operated under the
National e-Governance Plan, for the benefit of pensioners residing in remote
and inaccessible areas.
Source: 7th pay commission news
