Before the year ends, now a big update is coming for pensioners. Now you can easily submit your certificate for pension just by sitting home. The Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare launched the DLC campaign 3.0 across the country in November this year to ease the process of submission of life certificates for pensioners. Now using face authentication technology, pensioners will be able to submit their life certificates sitting at home.
Digital Life Certificate Campaign
The DLC campaign allows pensioners to submit their life certificate through Aadhaar-based identification on their smartphones, eliminating the need to personally approach the pension disbursing authority. This digital way, which was first introduced with Jeevan Pramaan in 2014, was further improved in 2021 by adding face authentication technology.
Apart from digital submission, senior citizens can also use doorstep banking services to submit their life certificates. To submit their life certificate using doorstep banking, pensioners need to follow these steps:
Register for doorstep banking in your bank
Fill out the life certificate form with all the necessary details.
Submit the form through the Door Step Banking Service.
Charges for Door Step Banking Services
SBI: According to SBI’s website, submission of a life certificate through this bank is free of charge. However, Rs 75 + GST will have to be paid as a fee for additional services. These fees vary from time to time.
PNB: Submission of doorstep life certificate through PNB Alliance channels (call center, mobile app, or website) is free from October 1, 2024, to December 31, 2024.
Canara Bank: This service is free from 1st November to 31st December 2024 for pensioners submitting life certificates through Door Step Banking.
Bank of India: The facility of submission of life certificates is available for free for senior citizens from 1 November to 31 December 2024.
India Post Payments Bank (IPPB): Submission of Life Certificate is free for both IPPB and non-IPPB customers. However, for successful DLC generation through postal services, a nominal fee of Rs 70 (inclusive of GST) will be charged.