Over 3 mn central govt pensioners used digital life certificates: DoPPW

More than 30 lakh Central government pensioners used digital life certificates (DLCs), the Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare (DoPPW) said on Thursday.

Submission of life certificates is an important activity to be carried out by pensioners every year in the month of November (with special provision for pensioners aged 80 years and above to submit their life certificates in October) to ensure continuity of their pension.

In the traditional mode, pensioners had to present themselves before the pension disbursing authority for physical submission of their life certificate which entailed waiting at the bank branches in queues for this purpose. This was found inconvenient for the old, ailing pensioners.

Further, there was no mechanism for the pensioners to get a status regarding updation of their life certificates in the records of the pension disbursing authority.

To enhance ease of living' of Central government pensioners, the DoPPW has been promoting DLC i.e. 'jeevan ...