New Update in Pension: Pensioners have to submit Jeevan Pramaan Patra or Life Certificate every year in November to continue their pension. Now the government has given time to senior citizens aged 80 years and above to file annual life certificate from October 1 instead of November 1 every year.
If you are also a pension holder, then you will also know that to continue the pension, the pensioner has to submit a life certificate every year in November. The government has allowed senior citizens aged 80 years and above to file annual life certificate from October 1 instead of November 1 every year, so that senior pensioners can be given additional time.
How is the certificate prepared?
There is a biometric-enabled Aadhaar-based Digital Life Certificate for Life Certificate. Life Certificate i.e. DLC is generated for individual pensioners using their Aadhaar number and biometrics.
Date of submission of certificate
If you are below 80 years of age then Jeevan Pramaan Patra can be submitted between 1st to 30th November and for Super Senior Citizens (80 years and above), the Department of Pension and Pensioners Welfare has allowed them to submit Jeevan Pramaan Patra from 1st October instead of 1st November.
Order given to banks in 2019
The Centre had in 2019 asked banks to allow senior pensioners aged 80 years and above to submit their life certificates from October 1 instead of November every year. The rest of the pensioners below 80 years of age will have to submit their life certificates in November.
Certificate will be deposited while sitting at home
The country’s government bank Canara Bank has given a big update regarding the submission of life certificate. The bank says that pensioners no longer need to go to the bank to submit life certificate. The bank said that with Canara Bank’s Video Life Certificate Service for pensioners, you can now submit your life certificate from the comfort of your home through a simple video call. The bank has told pensioners that from October 1, 2024, they can book their convenient time slot.
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