Life certificate for pensionersďż˝ goes digital
Posted on: 11/Nov/2014 9:36:41 AM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched the Jeevan Pramaan scheme, an Aadhaar-based digital life certificate for pensioners.The proposed digital certification will do away with the requirement of a pensioner having to submit a physical life certificate in November each year, in order to ensure continuity of pension being credited into his account.
The department of electronics and information technology has developed a software application which will enable the recording of the pensioner`s Aadhar number and biometric details from his mobile device or computer, by plugging in a biometric reading device.
Key details of the pensioner, including date, time, and biometric information, will be uploaded to a central database on real-time basis, ultimately enabling the pension disbursing agency to access a digital life certificate.
This will conclusively establish that the pensioner was alive at the time of authentication.
The earlier requirement entailed that a pensioner either personally present himself before the pension disbursing agency, or submit a life certificate issued by the authorities specified by the Central Pension Accounting Office.
