There is good news for central government pensioners. Actually, the central government has started a campaign at 500 locations in 100 cities of the country.
According to the statement issued by the government, this campaign has been started targeting 50 lakh pensioners in collaboration with 17 pension disbursing banks, ministries/departments, pensioners’ welfare associations, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, UIDAI. This campaign, which started from November 1, will run till November 30.
What is the purpose
The Central Government wishes to extend the benefits of digital methods of submission of Life Certificate to the pensioners, especially the very senior/sick/disabled pensioners living in remote areas of the country. In places where doorstep banking services are being provided, staff assigned to bank branches are being equipped with Android phones so that this technology can be used when pensioners visit the branch to submit the life certificate. .
Along with this, bank employees may be asked to visit the homes of very ill pensioners who are unable to get up from bed, to submit their Digital Life Certificate (DLC). Apart from this, camps should be organized to enable the pensioners to submit their DLC without any delay.
Let us tell you that in the year 2014, the government started the system of depositing DLC using biometric devices. Subsequently, work was done to develop face authentication technology system based on Aadhaar database, making it possible to submit life certificate with the help of any Android based smart phone. According to this facility, the identity of a person is established through face authentication technology and Digital Life Certificate (DLC) is generated.
Let us tell you that this technology was launched in November 2021 and it reduced the dependence of pensioners on external bio-metric devices. Now the process has been made more accessible and affordable by taking advantage of smartphone-based technology.
