Central Government pensioners are required to submit their Annual Life Certificate (Jeevan Pramaan) in November for the continuation of their pension. However, the Central Government allows super senior pensioners in the age group of 80 years and above to submit Annual Life Certificate from 1st October onwards, instead of 1st November onwards, every year.
There are different modes for Jeevan Pramaan submission. Here’s a look at the different ways in which Central Government pensioners can submit their Annual Life Certificate:
1. PHYSICAL APPEARANCE:
Central Government pensioners can get their Life certificate recorded by Pension Disbursing Authorities (PDAs) by physically appearing before the PDA.
The format of Life certificate is given below:
2. SUBMISSION OF LIFE CERIFICATE SIGNED BY DESIGNATED OFFICIAL:
The pensioner can avoid personal appearance by submitting the annual life certificate form signed by any ‘designated official’. As per Jeevan Pramaan rules, a pensioner who produces a life certificate in the prescribed form, signed by persons specified, is exempted from personal appearance.
3. SUBMISSION THROUGH JEEVAN PRAMAAN PORTAL/DIGITAL LIFE CERTIFICATE:
Digital Life Certificate (Jeevan Pramaan) is a biometric enabled digital service for pensioners. Pensioners of central or state government, Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation or any other government organization whose pension disbursing agency is live for DLC can take benefit of this facility. They need not visit the office of disbursing agency for physical submission of life certificate and instead may use the Aadhaar enabled biometric authentication mechanism to generate DLC.
Central Government pensioners can submit the annual Life Certificate online through the Jeevan Pramaan portal https://jeevanpramaan.gov.in It is easy and convenient. The UIDAI has prescribed a list of biometric devices that can be used for capturing the biometrics of a person. Information about such devices is available on the UIDAI portal.
Tamil Nadu Governement has also enabled this service for the State government pensioners.
4. DOORSTEP SEERVICE THROUGH POSTMAN:
Central Government Pensioners can use the “Doorstep Service for submission of Digital Life Certificate through Postman”. This facility was launched by the Department of Posts along with Meity in November 2020. To make this facility available, the IPPB is using its national network of over 1,36,999 access points in Post Offices and more than 1,89,000 Postmen and grain Dao Sevaks. To use this facility, pensioners need to download the Posting App from Google Play Store.
For every successful generation of DLC, a nominal fee of Rs. 70 (inclusive of GST/ CESS) will be charged.
Pre-requisites for generating DIGITAL LIFE CERTIFICATE:
- Pensioner must have an Aadhaar number
- Pensioner must have an existing mobile number
- Registration of the Aadhaar number with pension disbursing agency (bank/ post office etc.) should be done already
- Pensioner should also keep the following details handy**:
- Type of pension
- Sanctioning authority
- Disbursing agency
- PPO number
- Account number (pension)
** In case the pensioner has got the DLC generated in the previous years, then these details are auto-populated.
5. DOORSTEP BANKING SERVICE :
Pensioners can also use the Doorstep Banking services offered by an alliance of 12 Public Sector Banks. The PSB Alliance has introduced the service for the collection of Life Certificates under the umbrella of Doorstep Banking.
6. FACE AUTHENTICATION TECHNOLOGY :
Lastly, Central Government pensioners can use the Face Authentication technology based on UIDAI Aadhaar software to submit Life Certificates. The software allows the capturing of live photographs of pensioners through any Android-based smartphone for the generation of the Digital Life Certificate on the Jeevan Pramaan app.
7. Life Certificate through Video call
Some of the Banks like State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Canara Bank etc have recently introduced the facility of submission of Life Certificate through Video call for Pensioners who have accounts with the respective bank.
State Bank of India has given the following steps for submission of Life Certificate through Video call facility:
- You first have to visit the website www.pensionseva.sbi.
- From there, you need to select the Video LC to start the video life certificate submission process. After this, you need to enter your SBI pension account number and then submit the Captcha to verify. If you are eligible, you will receive an OTP on your registered mobile number linked with Aadhar.
- Click on the ‘Submit’ option when you enter the OTP. Following this, click on the ‘Start Journey’ option after agreeing to terms and conditions.
- By this time, you need to keep your PAN card ready, and then click on the ‘I Am Ready’ button. You will be able to interact with the SBI official as soon as he or she is available after you grant permission for starting the video call. You can also schedule the video call as per your convenience.
- You need to read out the 4-digit verification number displayed on the screen to the SBI agent during the video call, after which he or she will capture your photo with your PAN card. This will complete your video call life certificate submission process.
