For people who receive government pension, the annual life certificate, or Jeevan Pramaan Patra, has to be submitted by November 30, every year. This can be done generally by going to the bank and submitting a hard copy of the certificate and give the biometric proof. But there are several people who find it difficult to move out due to their advancing age and go to the bank physically and submit the life certificate. If they fail to do so then they will not be given their pension which can cause them a lot of problems. So, what can be done in that case. They need not worry because if they can’t come to the bank, the bank will come to their doorsteps and take their biometric and certificate and submit it to the bank. This is made possible through doorstep banking facility. There are six ways pensioners can submit their annual life certificate digitally and avail their pension.
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Digital Life Certificate for senior citizens
The Digital Life Certificate (Jeevan Pramaan), a digital service with biometric support, is available to pensioners. They can generate DLC utilising the Aadhaar-enabled biometric authentication method instead of travelling to the disbursing agency’s office to present a physical life certificate.
According to a circular issued by the Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare on September 30, 2022, pensioners can submit the life certificate by using the Doorstep Banking Alliance of 12 public sector banks or the Doorstep Service of the postal department for submission of Digital Life Certificate. The following 6 methods can be used by a pensioner to manually or digitally submit an annual life certificate.
How to submit life certificate through Jeevan Pramaan Portal
Through the Jeevan Pramaan Portal, pensioners can submit their life certificates online. The Jeevan Pramaan app must be downloaded from the portal by the pensioner. The pensioner must also submit their fingerprints using UIDAI-mandated equipment. An OTG cable can be used to link a fingerprint device to a mobile phone. The Jeevan Pramaan portal has a list of UIDAI-mandated devices.
How to submit life certificate through India Post Payments Bank (IPPB)
In November 2020, the Department of Pension & Pensiöners’ Welfare successfully launched the “Doorstep Service for Submission of Digital Life Certificate by Postman” initiative, which was developed by the India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) of the Department of Posts and Meity. A pensioner must download the “Postinfo APP” from the Google Play store in order to use this function via a mobile device. You can watch the procedure for submitting a Digital Life Certificate via Postmen/Gramin Dak Sevaks at https://youtu.be/eERwM U7g54
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How to submit life certificate through doorstep banking
Doorstep Banking is also offered through the Alliance, which consists of 12 public sector banks and provides “Doorstep Banking” for its clients in 100 major cities across the nation. The service for collecting life certificates has been made available by PSB Alliance under the guise of doorstep banking. A DSB agent will come to the pensioner’s door to provide the service. The pensioner can reserve a service using any of the three available channels, including a mobile app, a website, or a toll-free number.
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/&https://dsb.imfast.colin/doorstep/lfigin
Through Toll free Number:- 18.00.1.213721,1800.1.0371.88..
How to submit life certificate through face authentication
Using the Face Authentication technology system based on UIDAI Aadhaar software, pensioners can also submit Life Certificates. With this method, a Digital Life Certificate can be created from any Android-based smartphone by taking a live photo of the pensioner and uploading it online to the Jeevan Pramaan mobile application.
How to submit life certificate through postman at home
The Department of Posts along with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) launched the Doorstep Service for submission of Digital Life Certificate through Postman in November 2020. To submit a life certificate using this facility, a pensioner will have to download the Postinfo App from Google Playstore.
How to submit life certificate signed by designated official
In the event that a pensioner submits a life certificate form that has been signed by a “designated official,” personal appearance is not necessary. According to paragraph 14.3 of the CPAO-issued Scheme Booklet, a pensioner who presents a life certificate in the required format and with the required signatures is excused from appearing in person. According to the CPAO scheme handbook, a list of designated officials who are authorised to sign life certificates is included as Annexure-I.
