EPFO: PF and pension fund body manager EPAO has exempted some pensioners from submitting life certificates till November 30. He can submit his life certificate anytime of the year and it will be valid for a whole year.
Pensioners will have to submit their life certificate before its validity expires. Under the Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS ) 1995, pensioners taking pension from the Employees’ Provident Fund Organization ( EPFO ) do not have to submit life certificates till November 30 . For example, if pensioners have submitted life certificate on 1 December 2022, it will remain valid till 30 November 2023 next year.
EPFO gave information on official tweet
In the tweet made by EPFO, it is written that EPS-95 pensioners can now submit life certificate anytime. It will be valid for 1 year from the date of deposit. Life Certificate validates the proof of life of a retired employee. They are valid for 12 months from the date of submission.
This has to be updated from time to time to ensure that the pensioners continue to get their pension. EPC pensioners were earlier required to submit digital life certificate in November. Earlier, in the month of November, a huge crowd of pensioners used to collect certificates at the centres. Now EPS-95 pensioners have benefited a lot from this.
You can submit life certificate here
– Common Service Center ( CSC)
– IPPB /Indian Post Office
– Umang App
Pension paying bank
Nearest EPFO Office
These documents will be required
– Aadhaar Number
-PPO number
– Bank account information
Aadhaar linked mobile number
You can submit life certificate online
According to the Scheme Booklet released by the Central Pension Accounting Office (CPIO), if the pensioner is not physically able to appear before the PDS, he/she should get a Jeevan Pramaan or Jeevan Pramaan in the prescribed format signed by any ‘Designated Authority’. To generate a digital life certificate on the Jeevan Pramaan app, a live photo of the pensioner has to be uploaded from the smartphone.
Government gave relief
In November 2020, the Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare was launched by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) in collaboration with the India Post Payments Bank ( IPPB ) of the Department of Posts . This was to facilitate doorstep service for submission of digital life certificate through postman. Pensioners can avail this service by downloading ‘Postinfo App’.
