Pensioners are now allowed to submit their annual life certificate or Jeevan Pramaan Patra online. Many pensioners have already submitted their life certificate online as those who are aged 80 years and above can submit it between October 1 and November 30.
Earlier, they had to visit a bank, treasury or post office physically to submit their certificate. According to the circular by the Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare dated September 20, pensioners can submit their life certificates using the doorstep banking alliance service or the doorstep service of the postal department for submission of the digital life certificate.
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Eligibility for digital life certificate
According to Jeevan Pramaaan website, “A pensioner whose Pension Sanctioning Authority (PSA) is onboarded on to JeevanPramaan is eligible for Jeevan Pramaan. List of onboarded PSA, can be found under ‘Circulars’ tab on the https://jeevanpramaan.gov.in portal. A pensioner who is re-employed or re-married is not eligible to make Jeevan Pramaan i.e Digital Life Certificate.”
Step 1: Download the Doorstep Banking App for submitting a life certificate.
Step 2: Choose your bank for doorstep service.
Step 3: Enter and validate your pension account number.
You can proceed after viewing the Doorstep services prices.
Step 4: Make payment to use the service, payment charges depend on the bank
Step 5: Once you submit your request, you will receive an SMS with the agent’s name.
The bank representative will visit your home to finish the Life Certificate filing process.
-Download: Mobile App i.e “Doorstep Banking (DSii)” can be downloaded from Google .Playstore.
-Pensioners can access through Web Browser i.e https://doorstepbanks.com/
-Through Toll free Number:- 18.00.1.213721, 1800.1.0371.88.
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Submit life certificate through doorstep banking via IPPB
India Post Payments Bank IPPB offers banking facilities along with Digital Life Certificate at your home with our Doorstep Banking (DSB) services.
This service is offered to IPPB and non-IPPB users, according to the India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) website. A customer can request a doorstep visit from the postman/Grameen Dak Sevak in order to use the Digital Life Certificate (DLC) service. They can also call the nearest post office. The Department of Posts has also made it possible to schedule doorstep requests using the Post Info app or website.
Note: A minimal price of Rs 70 (including of GST/ CESS) will be levied for each successful generation of DLC.
