The Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India has launched a nation-wide campaign for promotion of Digital Life Certificate (DLC) for Central Government pensioners and to popularise the Face Authentication technique.

As part of the campaign, the department has asked all the registered Pensioners Associations, Pension Disbursing Banks, Ministries of Government of India and Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) Wellness Centres to promote the Digital Life Certificate/Face Authentication Technique for submitting Life Certificate by organising special camps on ‘Ease of Living’ for pensioners.

Earlier, life certificates had to be submitted in physical form and for this, old pensioners were forced to stand in queue outside banks for hours. Now, it has become possible at the click of a button from the comfort of their homes.

In the process of submission of Life Certificate through Face Authentication by mobile, the following details are required for the first time:

• Aadhaar number
• Mobile number for OTP
• PPO number
• Account number with Bank/Post Office

This facility is also available to the employees of the state government and the disbursing authority in the form of the Treasury Office of the State.

The department also published the DLC figures from 1 October 2022 till today:

Total DLC – 29,29,986

Total DLC through Face Authentication – 1,52,172

Total DLC CGOV – 11,95,594

Total DLC of CGOV through Face Authentication – 96,099

The central team has urged all the pensioners to visit the centre to submit their life certificates through digital medium.