Prime Minister Narendra Modi (third right) at the launch of "Jeevan
Pramaan" – an "Aadhar-based Digital Life Certificate" for pensioners
with Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad (centre) in New Delhi on Monday Nov 10,2014
The “Jeevan Pramaan” scheme, an Aadhar-based
Digital Life Certificate for pensioners, launched by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Monday, is one more enabling mechanism for the benefit
of the common man after the push towards self-certification.
“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,” a PMO statement said.
The Department of
Electronics and IT 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.
In a big relief to over a crore retired employees of government and
PSUs, a pensioner can now digitally provide proof of his existence to
authorities for continuity of pension every year instead of requiring to
present himself physically or through a Life Certificate issued by
specified authorities.
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