The life certificate is the proof of the pensioner’s existence and it has to be submitted every year to the bank, post office or financial institution where the pension is drawn, in order to continue the pension. This year the last date for its submission is November 30. There are five ways to submit a life certificate in which some options also allow you to submit it sitting at home.
1: Through Jeevan Pramaan Portal
You can also do this work through Jeevan Pramaan portal https://jeevanpramaan.gov.in/. For this you have to first download Jeevan Pramaan App from the portal. Also must be a fingerprint device validated by UDAI. After this, using the email id and parameters through the smartphone, the life certificate can be submitted sitting at home using the methods mentioned in the app.
2: Banking facility at home
Pensioners can submit digital life certificate using doorstep banking service of 12 public sector banks i.e. banking facility at home. doorstepbanks.com or www.dsb.imfast.co.in/doorstep/login), or through ‘Doorstep Banking’ mobile app. These 12 banks include SBI, PNB, Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Canara Bank, Bank of Maharashtra, Central Bank of India, Indian Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Punjab and Sind Bank, UCO Bank and Union Bank of India.
3: You can take service from postman
In November 2020, the Department of Posts in association with India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology had launched the doorstep service for submission of digital life certificates through postman. IPPB is using access points of post offices and a national network of postmen and Gramin Dak Sevaks equipped with smartphones and biometric devices to provide doorstep banking services.
4: By visiting the branch of the bank where your pension comes
If you are not able to submit the life certificate digitally, then you can submit it by visiting the branch of the bank where your pension comes. Banks also offer this service at home, however, they charge some fee instead.
5: Facility in pension office also
You can also submit the life certificate directly to the Central Pension Office and submit it through the pension officer. However, for the convenience of pensioners, the government has also given many options to deposit from home.
