Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Prime Minister’s Office
10-November-2014 17:37
IST
PM launches Jeevan Pramaan – Digital Life
Certificate for Pensioners
Huge
relief for senior citizens who have to produce Life Certificates each year to
continue receiving pension
The
Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today launched “Jeevan Pramaan” – an
“Aadhar-based Digital Life Certificate” for pensioners, in a move that could
eventually benefit over a crore pensioners. The Prime Minister said that after
the push towards self-certification, this digital life certificate was another
enabling mechanism which would benefit the common man.
The
proposed digital certification will do away with the requirement of a pensioner
having to submit a physical Life Certificate in November each year, in order to
ensure continuity of pension being credited into his account. The Department of
Electronics and IT has developed a software application which will enable the
recording of the pensioner’s Aadhar number and biometric details from his
mobile device or computer, by plugging in a biometric reading device. Key
details of the pensioner, including date, time, and biometric information will
be uploaded to a central database on real-time basis, ultimately enabling the
Pension Disbursing Agency to access a Digital Life Certificate. This will
conclusively establish that the pensioner was alive at the time of
authentication.
The
earlier requirement entailed that a pensioner either personally presents
himself before the Pension Disbursing Agency, or submits a Life Certificate
issued by authorities specified by the Central Pension Accounting Office
(CPAO).
At
present, 50 lakh individuals draw pension from the Central Government alone. A
similar number draw pension from State and Union Territory Governments. Several
PSUs also provide pension benefits. Over 25 lakh retired personnel draw pension
from the Armed Forces. The Aadhar-Based Digital Life Certificate will go a long
way in reducing hardship which so many senior citizens have to go through to
produce a Life Certificate every year.
The
software application system will be made available to pensioners and other
stakeholders on a large scale at no extra cost. It can be operated on a
personal computer or a smartphone, along with an inexpensive biometric reading
device. This facility will also be made available at Common Service Centres
being operated under the National e-Governance Plan, for the benefit of pension
November 15, 2014
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