EPS pensioners can submit life certificate ?

EPS pensioners can submit life certificate without Aadhaar, fingerprint authentication: EPFO

                  Now Employee Pension Scheme (EPS) pensioners can submit life certificate without Aadhaar or even if Aadhaar fingerprint authentication fails in case of those who do possess Aadhaar. These pensioners had been facing problems in submitting Jeevan Pramaan or life certificate digitally and non-submission of life certificate would have led to stoppage of their pension.

                           The office memorandum issued by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions dated 18.07.2019 said, "Senior Pensioners aged 80 years and above be allowed to give their life certificate w.e.f. 1 October every year instead of November which would be valid till 30 November of the Subsequent year."

                          Currently, the certificate can be submitted only between November 1 and November 30. This has been severely inconveniencing especially those pensioners who travelling or are unwell d .. Welcome to Jeevan Pramaan. Digital Life Certificate for Pensioners Jeevan Pramaan is a biometric enabled digital service for pensioners. Pensioners of Central Government, State Government or any other Government organization can take benefit of this facility.

                         More than One Crore families in India can be classified as pensioner families, where the pension disbursed by the various government bodies forms the basis for their income and sustainability. There are about Fifty Lakh pensioners of the Central Government and a similar number of the various State and UT Governments and various other government agencies. This includes pensioners from the various public sector enterprises. In addition to this Army and Defence Personnel drawing pension exceeds Twenty-five lakhs.

                        One of the major requisite for the pensioners post their retirement from service, is to provide life certificates to the authorized pension disbursing agencies like Banks,Post offices etc., following which their pension is credited to their account. In order to get this life certificate the individual drawing the pension is required to either personally present oneself before the Pension Disbursing Agency or have the Life Certificate issued by authority where they have served earlier and have it delivered to the disbursing agency.

                           This very requirement of personally being present in front of the disbursing agency or getting a life certificate often becomes a major hurdle in the process of seamless transfer of pension amount to the pensioner. It has been noted that it causes a lot of hardship and unnecessary inconvenience particularly for the aged and infirm pensioners who cannot always be in a position to present themselves in front of the particular authority to secure their life certificate. In addition to this a lot of government employees post their retirement choose to move to a different location either to be with their family or other reasons, hence causing a huge logistical issue when it comes to accessing their rightful pension amount.

                         Digital Life Certificate for Pensioners Scheme of the Government of India known as Jeevan Pramaan seeks to address this very problem by digitizing the whole process of securing the life certificate. It aims to streamline the process of getting this certificate and making it hassle free and much easier for the pensioners. With this initiative the pensioner’s requirement to physically present himself/herself in front of the disbursing agency or the certification authority will become a thing of the past benefiting the pensioners in a huge way and cutting down on unnecessary logistical hurdles.

How it Works

             Jeevan Pramaan uses the Aadhaar platform for biometric authentication of the pensioner. A successful authentication generates the Digital Life Certificate which gets stored in the Life Certificate Repository. The Pension Disbursing Agencies can access the certificate on-line.

Life Certificate Generation

• Download the PC/ Mobile application or alternatively visit the nearest Jeevan Pramaan Centre to get yourself registered.
• Provide necessary information like Aadhaar number, Pension Payment Order,
• Bank Account, Bank Name and your Mobile number.

Aadhaar Authentication

• Provide your biometrics, either a finger print or Iris and authenticate your self.
  (Jeevan Pramaan uses the Aadhaar Platform for on-line biometric authentication )

Access your Certificate

• You can download a PDF copy of the certificate from the Jeevan Pramaan website by providing the Jeevan Pramaan ID.

Life Certificate.

• After a successful authentication a SMS acknowledgement is sent to your mobile number including your Jeevan Pramaan Certificate ID.
• The certificates are stored in the Life Certificate Repository for making it available any time and any where for the pensioner and the Pension Disbursing Agency.

Pension Disbursing Agency

• The Pension Disbursing Agency can access the Life Certificate from the Jeevan Pramaan website, and download the same.

Electronic Delivery

• The Life Certificates can also be electronically delivered to the Pension Disbursing Agency, without any manual intervention.
  (Pension Disbursing Agency can get in touch with our team, to enable the e-delivery facility )

Get a Certificate

• Getting a digital Life certificate is hassle free and can be obtained through various Jeevan Pramaan Centres which are being operated by CSCs, Banks, Government offices or by using the client application on any PC/mobile/tablet.

Download the PC/Mobile/Tablet application to register for a Life Certificate.

Note : Full Details Kindly see the Official website