Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

DLC CAMPAIGN 3.0 FOR DIGITAL EMPOWERMENT OF PENSIONERS THROUGH JEEVAN PRAMAN TO BE HELD FROM NOVEMBER 1-30, 2024

DEPARTMENT OF PENSION AND PENSIONERS’ WELFARE TO COLLABORATE WITH DEPARTMENT OF POSTS AND INDIA POST PAYMENT BANK FOR SUCCESSFUL CONDUCT OF THE DLC CAMPAIGN 3.0 IN ALL DISTRICT POST OFFICES IN INDIA

Posted On: 13 SEP 2024

The Department of Pension and Pensioners Welfare in collaboration with Pension Disbursing Banks, Pensioner Welfare Associations, UIDAI and Jeevan Praman has successfully conducted Digital Life Certificate Campaigns in 2022 and 2023. In 2023, the DLC Campaign 2.0 was held in 100 cities and 1.45 crore pensioners submitted their DLC’s. The Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare has notified that the DLC Campaign 3.0 will be held from November 1-30, 2024. The DLC Campaign 3.0 will be held in all District Headquarters and major cities across India. The Pension Disbursing Banks, the Pensioner Welfare Associations, UIDAI and Jeevan Praman will conduct the DLC Campaign in 157 cities. For conducting the DLC Campaign 3.0 in all District Headquarters, the Department of Pension and Pensioners Welfare would coordinate with Department of Posts and India Post Payment Bank and the DLC Campaign 3.0 would be held in all District Post Offices across India.

A preparatory meeting to structure the DLC Campaign 3.0 in all District Post Offices was held by Shri V. Srinivas, Secretary (P&PW) with Shri Sanjay Sharan Director General Postal Services, Smt. Rajul Bhatt Deputy Director General Posts, Shri R.Viswesvaran MD&CEO IPPB, Shri Gursharan Rai Bansal CGM IPPM on 12.9.2024. Senior Officials of Department of Pension and Pensioners Welfare Shri Dhrubajyoti Sengupta Joint Secretary, Shri Ravi Kiran Ubale Director participated in the discussions. It was agreed that District Post Offices will coordinate with Pensioner Welfare Associations Pension Disbursing Banks, UIDAI and Jeevan Praman to conduct the DLC Campaign 3.0 at District Post Offices. Jeevan Praman can be submitted by Pensioners at District Post Offices using Face Authentication from an Android smart phone. The Department of Posts will also provide door-step delivery of services to aged/ inform Pensioners to submit their DLC’s as per requirements. Wide publicity will be given to the DLC 3.0 campaign by spreading awareness through banners, social media, SMS and short videos. UIDAI and MeitY will provide technical support during camps. It is envisaged that the collaboration will broaden and deepen the Government’s efforts for Digital Empowerment of Pensioners and will contribute immensely to their ease of living.

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Aadhaar Mandatory for Central Pensioners – District Collectors across the country have been roped in for the exercise by the Union Ministry of Personnel.

The Central government is trying to make Aadhaar mandatory for central government pensioners, Accordingly, it has launched a massive exercise to encourage them to seed their bank accounts with Aadhaar numbers.

Every central government pensioners has started receiving a telephone call or a postcard from their bank managers appealing to them to do so.

District Collectors across the country have been roped in for the exercise by the Union Ministry of Personnel.

Last week, the Central government held a video-conference with 200 collectors and asked them to convene a special meeting with all bank branch managers.

The bank managers started calling central government pensioners from Tuesday, who draw pension from their respective banks, appealing to them to voluntarily seed their existing Aadhaar numbers in the pension accounts while explaining the benefits of the step.

Once the seeding happens, the pensioner can online submit a ‘Jeevan Praman’ certificate annually to the bank to renew his pension, instead of physically making the trip to the bank to prove that he is alive.

‘Jeevan Praman’ is a pet project of Modi launched in 2014. “14 lakh central government pensioners have seeded their pension accounts with an Aadhaar number but there are 44 lakh central government pensioners.

Our aim is to speak to all 640-odd DCs in the country by video-conference in the next couple of months to exhort them to get bank managers on board and achieve 100% seeding of all pension accounts with Aadhaar in the next 4-5 months,” a senior government official with Ministry of Personnel said.

Bank managers are being asked to either personally call on the mobile phone or landline number of the pensioner or send him or her a postcard or SMS with the appeal.

DMs have been asked to submit a report to the Centre on the exercise on March 29 and a review is scheduled for April 2.

Parliament had earlier this month passed the Aadhaar bill, making an Aadhaar number mandatory for availing public services.

“Jeevan Praman or a digital life certificate is also a service for pensioners on basis of Aadhaar but we are keeping it voluntary so far. It’s in benefit of the aged pensioners to have the facility to avoid trips to banks,” a senior official of Ministry of Personnel said.

Source: ET

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