DoPPW launched the Nation-wide Digital Life Certificate Campaign 3.0 for Digital Empowerment of Pensioners. Jeevan Praman is the vision of the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi for Digital Empowerment of Pensioners. The DLC Campaign 3.0 will be held in 800 cities/ towns of India from November 1-30, 2024 in which all Pensioners of Central/ State Governments/ EPFO/ Autonomous bodies can submit their Digital Life Certificates at Pension Disbursing Banks or at IPPB. Super Senior Pensioners can do it from their residence and are provided door step delivery of services. All Pension Disbursing Banks, CGDA, IPPB, UIDAI will be coming together to implement the DLC Campaign on a nation-wide basis.

As part of the Campaign, DLC Mega camp is being organized in Hyderabad in coordination with CGDA (Ministry of Defence). A team from DoPPW, under the Chairmanship of Shri V. Srinivas, Secretary (Pensions), will visit Hyderabad on 12th November, 2024 for reviewing campaign progress and for an interactive meeting with defence officials, Bank officials, pensioners and representatives of registered Pensioners’ Associations, viz., General Offices Pensioners’ Association (Hyderabad, Telangana), ISRO Retired Employees Forum (IREF) (Hyderabad, Telangana) All India Retired Railwaymen’s Federation (Secunderabad, Telangana). A team from UIDAI will also attend this Mega Camps to assist pensioners for updation of their Aadhaar records, where ever required and also to take care of any technical issues.

The event will also be attended by senior defence officials, viz., CGDA, Commandant MCEME & Colonel Commandant of the Corps of EME and General Officer Commanding, TASA, who will address the pensioners and interact with them.

The present Campaign is an initiative to ensure that the technique of using Face Authentication for DLC submission reaches pensioners in the remotest areas, to enable them to understand and use the technique from the comfort of their homes. Through use of digital modes, pensioners can submit Life Certificates anytime, anywhere, which is a huge step towards making life easy for pensioners, particularly the aged, sick and disabled pensioners.

Such Camps are being held at more than 35 cities/districts covering 60 locations in Telangana by all the stakeholders. Almost 50 senior level officers are working on this campaign in Telangana. More than 80,000 pensioners are drawing pension through banks in Telangana and SPARSH outreach is being conducted by CGDA for more than 73000 pensioners across various stations in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

The Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare will be putting all efforts to make this Campaign a grand success throughout the country.

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NKR /KS/AG