F. No. 11(15)/2022 -P&PW(H)-8363
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions
Department to Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare

3rd floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan
Khan Market, New Delhi
15th October, 2024

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Submission of Annual Life Certificate in respect of pensioners/ family pensioners living abroad.

Every Central Government pensioner/ family pensioner has to submit Annual Life Certificate in the month of November for further continuation of pension/ family pension. In the case of a pensioner/ family pensioner residing abroad, the following methods are available for submission of life certificate :

1. In the case of a pensioner/ family pensioner residing abroad and drawing his pension/ family pension through any bank included in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, the life certificate may be signed by an officer of the Bank. A pensioner/ family pensioner gets exemption from personal appearance subject to production of Life Certificate signed by the above mentioned officer of the bank.
2. A pensioner/ family pensioner not residing in India in respect of whom his duly authorized agent produces a life certificate signed by a Magistrate, a Notary, a Banker or a Diplomatic Representative of India is exempted from personal appearance.
3. Pensioner/ family pensioner can also provide Digital Life Certificate online through Aadhaar based biometric authentication system. https://jeevanpramaan.gov.in/
   (CPAO SCHEME BOOKLET PARA No. 14.3, pg 38 – CERTIFICATES TO BE FURNISHED BY THE PENSIONERS/FAMILY PENSIONERS – SCHEME FOR PAYMENT OF PENSIONS TO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ~ CIVIL PENSIONERS By AUTHORISED BANKS (Fifth Edition, July 2021)
4. In case of NRI pensioners/ family pensioners who are unable to come to India for personal identification, pension/ family pension may be allowed on the basis of a certificate to be issued by an authorized official of the Indian Embassy/ High Commission of India or Consul of Indian Consulate in the country where the pensioner/ family pensioner is residing. This certificate is to be issued on verification of Pensioner/ Family Pensioner on the basis of photograph pasted in the PPO or on the basis of photograph pasted on the Passport or any other such document.
5. In case the pensioner/ family pensioner is unable to visit the Embassy of India/ Consulate, he/she may submit requisite documents by post to the Embassy/ Consulate, including Doctor’s Certificate showing the pensioner’s/family pensioner’s inability to present himself/herself in person. Embassy of India/ High Commission/ Indian Consulate may also assist pensioners/ family pensioners in submission of the Life Certificate.
   (CPAO SCHEME BOOKLET PARA No. 16, pg. 44 – Payment of Pension to NRI Pensioners – SCHEME FOR PAYMENT OF PENSIONS To CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CIVIL PENSIONERS By AUTHORISED BANKS (Fifth Edition, July 2021)

(Subhash Chander)

Under Secretary to the Government of India

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Submission of Digital Life Certificate for Pensioners from 1.11.2022

Every Central Government pensioner has to submit Annual Life Certificate in the month of November for further continuation of pension. Pensioners in the age group of 80 years and above, to submit Annual Life Certificate from 1st October onwards, instead of 1st November onwards, every year.

An Annual Life Certificate can be submitted manually or digitally as per convenience of the pensioner

• Pensioners can submit Life Certificate online through Jeevan Pramaan Portal.
• Life certificate can be recorded by Pension Disbursing Authorities
• Life certificate form signed by any ‘designated official’
• Doorstep Service for submission of Digital Life Certificate through Postman
• Postinfo APP
• Doorstep Banking (DSB)

No. 1(8)/2021-P&PW(H)-7468
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare

8th Floor, B-Wing, Janpath Bhawan
Janpath, New Delhi-1 10001
Dated the 30th September, 2022

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Submission of Annual Life Certificate

Every Central Government pensioner has to submit Annual Life Certificate in the month of November for further continuation of pension. It has been observed that a large number of Central Government pensioners physically visit bank branches for this purpose.

2. As a measure to enable an additional exclusive window to very senior pensioners, this Department, vide its OM No. 1/20/2018-P&PW(E) dated 18.07.2019, has allowed the pensioners in the age group of 80 years and above, to submit Annual Life Certificate from 1st October onwards, instead of 1st November onwards, every year.

3. The different modes available to a pensioner for submission of Annual Life Certificate are once again summarized for Pensioners’ awareness. An Annual Life Certificate can be submitted manually or digitally as per convenience of the pensioner by following modes:

• Life certificate can be recorded by Pension Disbursing Authorities (PDAs), if the pensioner physically appears before the PDA.
• Personal appearance of a pensioner will not be required, if the pensioner submits the life certificate form signed by any ‘designated official’. In accordance with para 14.3 of the Scheme Booklet issued by CPAO, a pensioner who produces a life certificate in the prescribed form, signed by persons specified, is exempted from personal appearance. A list of designated officials specified for signing the Life Certificate as per the scheme booklet of CPAO is attached as Annexure-I.
• Pensioners can submit Life Certificate online through Jeevan Pramaan Portal. The process of submission of Digital Life Certificate through “Jeevan Pramaan” may be seen at https://youtube.com. UIDAI has provided details of all biometric devices which are permissible for capturing biometrics of a person. Pensioners may visit the site www.uidal.gov.in to get information of all such devices.
• India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) of Department of Posts along with Meity have successfully launched the initiative of the Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare: “Doorstep Service for submission of Digital Life Certificate through Postman” in November 2020. IPPB is utilizing its national network of more than 1,36,000 access points in Post Offices and more than 1,89,000 Postmen & Gramin Dak Sevaks with smart phones and biometric devices to provide Doorstep Banking Services for generation of Digital Life Certificates. For leveraging this facility through a mobile phone, a pensioner has to download “Postinfo APP” from Google Play store. The process of submission of Digital Life Certificate through Postmen/Gramin Dak Sevaks may be seen at https://youtu.be/cERWM_U7g54.
• Doorstep Banking is also available through the Alliance comprising 12 Public Sector Banks which do “Doorstep Banking” for its customers in 100 major cities of the country under Ease of Banking reforms. PSB Alliance has introduced the service for collection of Life Certificates under the umbrella of Doorstep Banking. DSB Agent shall visit the doorstep of Pensioner to render the service. Service can be booked by the pensioner through any of the 3 channels 1.e. Mobile App, Website or Toll – Free Number.

1. Mobile App i.e “Doorstep Banking (DSB)” can be downloaded from Google Play store.
2. Pensioners can access through Web Browser ie.  https://doorstepbanks.com/ & https://dsb.imfast.co.in/doorstep/login
3. Through Toll free Number:- 18001213721, 18001037188.

• Pensioners can also submit Life Certificates using the Face Authentication technology system based on UIDAI Aadhaar software whereby it is possible to generate a Digital Life Certificate from any Android based smart phone by capturing the live photograph of the pensioner for online submission on the Jeevan Pramaan mobile application. The process flow for generating DLCs through Face Authentication is available on DoPPW’’s Pensioners’ Portal > Jeevan Pramaan > Process flow of face authentication technique for DLC generation.
  (https://pensionersportal.gov.in/).

4. All Pension Disbursing Authorities are requested to take note of this OM for compliance and give wide publicity of the same amongst pensioners.

5. This issues with the approval of the competent authority.

(Ashok Kumar Singh)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India
Tel. No. 23310108

Annexure-I

List of persons specified for signing the Life Certificate (para 14.3 of Scheme Booklet by CPAO)

• A person exercising the powers of a Magistrate under the Criminal Procedure code;
• A Registrar or Sub-Registrar appointed under Indian Registration Act;
• A Gazetted officer of the Government;
• A Police Officer not below the rank of Sub-Inspector in-charge of a Police Station;
• A Postmaster, a departmental Sub-Postmaster or an Inspector of Post Offices;
• A Class-I officer of the Reserve Bank of India, an officer (including Grade IJ officer) of the State Bank of India or of its subsidiary;
• A Justice of Peace;
• A Block Development Officer, Munsif, Tehsildar or Naib Tehsildar:
• A Head of Village Panchayat, Gram Panchayat, Gaon Panchayat or an
• Executive Committee of a Village;
• A Member of Parliament, of State legislatures or of legislatures of Union Territory Governments/Administrations;
• Treasury Officer.

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No. 1(8)/2021-P&PW(H)-7468
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare

8th Floor, B-Wing,
Janpath Bhawan, Janpath,
New Delhi-110001
Dated:- 22nd September, 2021

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Submission of Annual Life Certificate for pensioners / family pensioners living abroad.

Every Central Government pensioner/family pensioner has to submit Annual Life Certificate in the month of November for further continuation of pension/family pension. In the case of a pensioner/family pensioner residing abroad, the following methods are available for submission of life certificate –

• i. In the case of a pensioner/family pensioner residing abroad and drawing his pension/family pension through any bank included in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, the life certificate may be signed by an officer of the Bank. A pensioner/family pensioner gets exemption from personal appearance subject to production of Life Certificate signed by the above mentioned officer of the bank
• ii. A pensioner/family pensioner not residing in India in respect of whom his duty authorized agent produces a life certificate signed by a Magistrate. a Notary, a Banker or a Diplomatic Representative of India is exempted from personal appearance.
• iii. Pensioner/family pensioner can also provide Digital Life Certificate online through Aadhaar based biometric authentication system. https://ieevanpramaan.gov.in/
• (No. 14.3-CERTIFICATES TO BE FURNISHED BY THE PENSIONERS/FAMILY PENSIONERS Pg 38 SCHEME FOR PAYMENT OF PENSIONS TO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CIVIL PENSIONERS by AUTHORISED BANKS (Fifth Edition, July 2021)
• iv. In case of NRI pensioners/family pensioners who are unable to come to India for personal identification, pension/family pension may be allowed on the basis of a Certificate to be issued by an authorized official of the Indian Embassy/High Commission of India or Consul of Indian Consulate in the country where the pensioner/family pensioner is residing. This certificate is to be issued on verification of Pensioner/Family Pensioner on the basis of photograph pasted in the PPO or on the basis of photograph pasted on the Passport or any other such document.
• v. In case the pensioner/family pensioner is unable to visit the Embassy of India/Consulate, he/she may submit requisite documents by post to the Embassy/Consulate, including Doctor’s Certificate showing the pensioner’s/family pensioner’s inability to present himself/herself in person. Embassy of India/High Commission/ Indian Consulate may also assist pensioners/family pensioners in submission of the Life Certificate.

(No. 16 -Payment of Pension to NRI Pensioners pg.44 SCHEME FOR PAYMENT OF PENSIONS To CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CIVIL PENSIONERS By AUTHORISED BANKS (Fifth Edition, July 2021)

Sd/-
(Rajesh Kumar)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

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DoPPW – All Pension Disbursing Banks send SMS / Emails to all their pensioners every year on 24 October, 1 November, 15 November and 25 November, informing them to apply their annual Life Certificates by 30 November

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

Facility of Life Certificate by banks from the doorstep of the pensioners

30 JAN 2020

The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW), has taken a landmark step to make life easier for senior citizens to submit their Annual Life Certificate for continued pension. The Department vide its circular no. 12/4/2020-P&PW(C)- 6300, dated 17.01.2020 has issued directions to all the Pension Disbursing Banks to send SMSs/Emails to all their pensioners on 24th October, 1st November, 15th November and 25th November every year reminding them to submit their Annual Life Certificates by 30th November.

The Department for stricter monitoring in order to ensure that no pensioners are left out, directed all Pension Disbursing Banks to make an exception list as on 1st December every year of those pensioners who fail to submit their Life Certificate and issue another SMS/Email to them for submitting the Life Certificate. The bank in addition will also ask such pensioners through SMS/Email as to whether they are interested in submission of Life Certificate through a chargeable doorstep service, the charge not exceeding Rs.60/-.

The Central Pension Processing Cells (CPPC) of the Pension Disbursing Banks shall now be duty bound to submit a report to DoPPW in the month of January, February & March respectively, indicating the total number of pensioners who have not given their Life Certificate along with a breakup of the Certificates submitted physically and through Digital means.

Also check this : One notional increase for retired employees on 30 June after the completion of 1 year

The above is a landmark step from the side of the Central Government showing due care for pensioners. This step is in addition to the order issued recently dated 18.07.2019 vide which all pensioners age 80 years and above have been given an exclusive window to submit their Life Certificate w.e.f. 1st October every year instead of 1st November every year.

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