Digital Life Certificate: About 68 lakh elderly people of the country who receive government pension have to submit life certificate every year in the month of November. To ensure that the elderly do not face any problem in submitting life certificate, the facility of digital life certificate has also been started. This year the government has decided that digital certificates will be issued by going to the homes of the elderly. For this, the services of the postal department will be taken.
Digital Life Certificate: Elderly pensioners have to submit their survival certificate every year. The government has provided the facility to submit Digital Life Certificate (DLC) for their convenience. But for this also one has to go to a public facility center or cyber cafe. Now the Department of Posts has come forward to help pensioners to submit digital certificates sitting at home. The Postal Department will deliver this service to the elderly at their home. At present, there are about 68 lakh pensioners in the country only from the Central Government. If the number of pensioners of the state governments is added to these, then this figure will increase significantly.
The campaign will run across the country
This information has been received from an official statement issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT) of the Central Government on Friday. This step is important because the Department of Pension and Pensioners Welfare (DOPPW) has decided to organize DLC Abhiyan 3.0 in all the district headquarters and major cities across the country from 1-30 November 2024. It is noteworthy that a preparatory meeting for DLC Campaign 3.0 in all District Post Offices was held on September 12, 2024 by V Srinivas, Secretary (DOPPW) in which Sanjay Sharan Director General Postal Services, Rajul Bhatt Deputy Director General Posts and R. Vishwaswaran Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) also attended.
DLC campaign will run in post offices
The statement issued by the Ministry of Personnel said that it was agreed that the District Post Offices will conduct DLC Campaign 3.0 in district post offices in coordination with Pensioner Welfare Associations, Pension Disbursing Banks and Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDIA). The statement said, “Pensioners can submit Jeevan Pramaan Patra (DLC) in district post offices using face authentication from Android smart phones.”
Service will be available at home
The statement said, “The Department of Posts will provide services to the elderly by going door to door / (and) will inform the pensioners to submit DLC as required.” The DLC 3.0 campaign will be widely promoted by spreading awareness of this scheme through banners, social media, SMS and short videos.
Who will provide technical support?
The statement of the Central Government states that UIDAI and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology will provide technical support during the camps. “It is envisaged that the collaboration will broaden and deepen the Government’s efforts towards digital empowerment of pensioners and significantly contribute towards making their lives easier,” the statement said.
Last year the campaign was run in 100 cities
In the year 2023, DLC Abhiyan 2.0 was organized in 100 cities of the country. In this, 1.45 crore pensioners had deposited their DLCs. This year this campaign has been extended to all the district headquarters and big cities of the country. Therefore, it is believed that this time more DLCs will be deposited through the campaign than last year.
