This facility launched by EPFO will help those pensioners who face difficulties in matching their bio-metrics (fingerprint and iris) due to old age to file life certificate.
New Delhi. EPFO, the organization that manages the pension system for retired salaried people, has now started a new facility for lakhs of pensioners across the country. About 73 lakh pensioners are being given a special facility by EPFO to file life certificates digitally.
Face recognition feature
Let us inform that lakhs of pensioners are being given the benefit of face recognition facility by EPFO to file life certificates.
This facility launched by EPFO will help those pensioners who face difficulties in matching their bio-metrics (fingerprint and iris) due to old age to file life certificate.
Required life certificate to get pension
Let us tell you that in order to continue taking benefits of pension, it is mandatory to submit the life certificate. The proof of being alive is given by the pensioners only through the life certificate. The face recognition facility launched by EPFO can be availed by pensioners from anywhere.
Facility of calculator
Union Labor and Employment Minister Bhupendra Yadav has given green signal to the face authentication technology i.e. face recognition facility for pensioners. Along with this, the Labor Minister has also launched an insurance scheme calculator related to pension and employee deposits.
Through this calculator, pensioners and family members will be able to get the online facility to calculate the death benefits in addition to pension. Along with this, the Labor Minister has also released the training policy of EPFO. Its objective is to develop the officers and employees of EPFO into an enabling, responsive and future ready environment.
