If you are a pensioner then there is very important news for you. If you do not submit the Life Certificate in time, your pension will stop. Let us know how you can submit your life certificate-Â
This is the second time the government has extended the deadline first from the usual deadline of November 30 every year to December 31, 2021 and now to February 28, 2022.
First way: Through Jeevan Pramaan Portal
You can also do this work through Jeevan Pramaan portal https://jeevanpramaan.gov.in/. For this you have to first download Jeevan Pramaan App from the portal. Also must be a fingerprint device validated by UDAI. After this, using the email id and parameters through the smartphone, the life certificate can be submitted sitting at home using the methods mentioned in the app.
Second way: Banking facility at home
Pensioners can submit digital life certificate using doorstep banking service of 12 public sector banks i.e. banking facility at home. doorstepbanks.com or www.dsb.imfast.co.in/doorstep/login), or through ‘Doorstep Banking’ mobile app. These 12 banks include SBI, PNB, Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Canara Bank, Bank of Maharashtra, Central Bank of India, Indian Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Punjab and Sind Bank, UCO Bank and Union Bank of India.
Third way: You can take service from postman
In November 2020, the Department of Posts in association with India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology had launched the doorstep service for submission of digital life certificates through postman. IPPB is using access points of post offices and a national network of postmen and Gramin Dak Sevaks equipped with smartphones and biometric devices to provide doorstep banking services.
Fourth way: By visiting the branch of the bank where your pension comes
If you are not able to submit the life certificate digitally, then you can submit it by visiting the branch of the bank where your pension comes. Banks also offer this service at home, however, they charge some fee instead.
Fifth way: Facility in pension office also
You can also submit the life certificate directly to the Central Pension Office and submit it through the pension officer. However, for the convenience of pensioners, the government has also given many options to deposit from home.
After all, what is Digital Life Certificate – It is actually a Biometric Enabled Aadhaar Best Digital Life Certificate. Which can be generated for individual pensioners using their Aadhaar number and biometrics. In such a situation, the pensioners do not need to appear before the Pension Disbursing Officer for the life certificate. Because this life certificate is available digitally and is generated through an automatic process. In which pensioners have a unique ID called Pramaan-ID.
Deposit DLC from Doorstep Banking – Jeevan Pramaan can also be submitted by Doorstep Banking, which is an alliance among 12 government banks. State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Punjab National Bank and others are part of this alliance. To avail the Doorstep Banking service, you need to download the Doorstep Banking app on your mobile phone from Google Playstore, or visit the website https://doorstepbanks.com/ .
