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before the Pension Disbursing Agency
or have the Life Certificate issued by PRE-REQUISITES FOR DLC GENERATION
authority where they have served earlier, l Pensioner must have an Aadhaar number
and have it delivered to the disbursing l Pensioner must have a working mobile number
agency. l Registration of Aadhaar number with Pension
This very requirement of appearing Disbursing Agency
personally at the disbursing agency l A Biometric device
office for getting a life certificate often l PC with Windows 7.0 and above or Android
becomes a major hurdle in the process Mobile/Tablet 4.0 and above
of seamless transfer of pension amount. l Internet connectivity
It has been noted that it causes a lot of
hardship and inconvenience particularly DLC FOR PENSIONERS SETTLED ABROAD
For the senior citizens who have settled abroad
to the aged and infirm pensioners. after retirement, the Government has issued
Additionally, many employees move Consolidated Instructions on Life Certificate and
to a different location after their commencement of Family Pension vide which the
retirement either to be with their family concerned Bank Branch abroad and the Indian
or for some other reasons. This creates Embassy/ Consulate/High Commission have
a huge logistical issue when it comes to been instructed to provide Life Certificate and
accessing their rightful pension. Jeevan commencement of Family Pension there itself.
Pramaan was launched to make lives of
senior citizens easy. It is a biometric- ALSO ON UMANG APP
enabled digital service for pensioners of To ensure safe and secure door-step delivery
Central Government, State Government of its services to its 66 Lakh pensioners, EPFO
or any other Government organization. brought the facility of View Pensioner Passbook
as well as the updation of Jeevan Pramaan Patra
ABOUT JEEVAN PRAMAAN on UMANG App. During the COVID-19 pandemic
The Ministry of Electronics and period from April to July 2020, 18.52 Lakh API
Information Technology has launched hits were received to View Pensioner Passbook
the Jeevan Pramaan portal as a Digital service while 29,773 API hits were recorded on
India initiative to mitigate the hardships updating Jeevan Pramaan Patra service.
of pensioners. Now, the pensioner need
not visit the office of the disbursing ADDITIONAL TIME GIVEN THIS YEAR
agency for physical submission of life Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,
certificate and may use the Aadhaar- pensioners can submit life certificates between
enabled biometric authentication November 1 and December 31. Earlier, life
mechanism to generate Digital Life certificates used to be submitted only in November
Certificate (DLC). It was launched for maintaining continuity of pension.
by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on
November 10, 2014. Since then, 358.55 FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Lakh pensioners have submitted the PHONE: 1800 111 555 / (91)-0120-3076200
Digital Life Certificates. Between
November 1, 2019 and October 12, MAIL: jeevanpramaan@gov.in
2020, a total of 95.31 Lakh pensioners SMS: JPL to 7738299899 and get a list of Jeevan
have submitted the DLC. Pramaan centres near your pincode
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