To sort out the difficulties being faced by elderly, super senior and differently-abled pensioners in submitting Digital Life Certificates, Nationwide Digital Life Certificate (DLC) Campaigns have been held from 1st to 30th November every year, from 2022 onwards in which DLC camps are held at various locations in identified districts/cities/towns. The Government of India has launched the Face Authentication Technique which requires only a smartphone for generation of DLCs. A total of 1.90 crore DLCs were generated from 01-04-2025 to 24-03-2026 including 1.15 crore of DLCs generated through Face Authentication Technique.  More than

14.16 lakh DLCs were generated by super senior pensioners above 80 years of age. All Pension Disbursing Banks have been directed to generate regular reports of pensioners who have not submitted DLCs and to ensure that the DLCs are obtained for continuity of pension. Services of India Post Payments Bank, Post Offices and Gramin Dak Sevaks were also utilized to help senior citizens especially above 80 years of age to submit their DLCs. Pensioners above 80 years can submit their DLCs in the month of October also. Mega Camps are held at places having large concentration of pensioners. During the DLC campaigns, provision is made for doorstep service to aged/sick/ incapacitated/ Divyang pensioners also. The Department has been ensuring the ease of living of pensioners by integrating Bhavishya with Banks, CGHS, including issue of CGHS cards, PFMS, Digilocker, Central Pension Accounting Office and e-HRMS in order to ensure end-to-end digitization of pension processing. Outreach meetings are also held for training and dissemination of awareness amongst all stakeholders especially for pensioners above 80 years of age in the pre-Campaign phase for increasing effectiveness of the Campaign.

This information given by Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply in Lok Sabha today on 1^st April, 2026, Wednesday.

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