To enhance ‘Ease of Living’ of Central Government pensioners, Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW) has been promoting Digital Life Certificate (DLC) i.e. Jeevan Pramaan extensively.  In 2014, submission of DLCs using biometric devices was commenced. Subsequently, the Department engaged with MeitY and UIDAI to develop a Face Authentication technology system, based on Aadhar database, whereby it is possible to submit LC from any Android based smart phone.  As per this facility, the identity of a person is established through face authentication technique and DLC gets generated. This breakthrough technology, launched in November 2021, reduced the dependence of pensioners on external bio-metric devices and made the process more accessible and affordable to masses by leveraging smart phone-based technology.

With a view to spread awareness amongst all the Central Government pensioners as well as the Pension Disbursing Authorities for use of DLC/Face Authentication technology for submitting Digital Life Certificate, DoPPW launched a Nation-wide Campaign in the month of November 2023 in 37 Cities throughout the country. The Campaign was a huge success with more than 35 lakh DLCs of Central Government Pensioner generated.  A Nation-wide Campaign 2.0 is now being conducted from 1st to 30th November, 2023 in 100 Cities at 500 locations across the country, targeting 50 lakh pensioners in collaboration with 17 Pension Disbursing Banks, Ministries/ Departments, Pensioners’ Welfare Associations, UIDAI, MeitY, etc.

With a view to ensure that the benefit of digital modes of Life Certificate submission reaches all pensioners in the remotest corner of Pondicherry and also benefits super senior/ sick / incapacitated pensioners, DoPPW along with State Bank of India has conducted above camps at 5 strategic locations namely JIPMER, Thattanchavadi, Pondicherry ADB, Vriddachalam and Manapet.The Bank is giving due publicity to DLC-Face Authentication Technique through banners and posters, placed at prominent locations.A team of dedicated staff members, equipped with an Android phone, has been created at all the 5 branches of SBI. Shri Deepak Gupta, Under Secretary from Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare, New Delhi has also visited the locations, along with MeitY and UIDAI teams on17-11-2023 and explained the whole process to the pensioners. He requested all stakeholders to popularise the aforesaid user friendly Face Authentication Technique amongst all pensioners to make their life comfortable. 

The concerned officers from SBI Shri Saravnan V.E., Chief Manager, Mr.Sathish D, Branch Manager SBI, JIPMER Branch, Puducherry, Ms.Jeya Lakshmi R, Deputy Manager, SBI, Shri Vedaraman, Deputy Manager, SBI, Shri Visvanathan N, Joint Secretary and Shri K Natrajan, President from JIPMER Pensioners Association, Puducherry, Shri David Siemons, UIDAI and Shri Siva Kumar from DD News attended the campaign.

All stake holders at Puducherry including DoPPW, SBI, UIDAI, MeitY, PIB and Doordarshan are making concerted efforts to make the Campaign a grand success. 

    

 

 

      

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