Digital Life Certificates

The Centre has been promoting the use of digital life certificates for pensioners through the latest face recognition technology to ensure transparency and 'ease of usage', Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Monday.

The technology will help around 68 lakh Central government pensioners as well as those under the EPFO and state governments

The government, on Thursday, issued an advisory to all states to accept documents in electronic form. With the idea of paperless governance, and an aim to make life simpler for citizens, the government announced that documents such as driving license, car registration, voter ID, PAN card, school and college certificates, and many other documents is...

EPFO has extended the deadline for submitting digital life certificates for its over 50 lakh pensioners till April 30 to link pension accounts with Aadhaar.

Earlier in November last year, the EPFO had decided to extend the last date for submission of life certificate till January 15, 2017.

The NIC in various states has been directed to provide technical support to help pensioners submit their certificates online.

In the backdrop of complaints of pensioners' harassment, the government has directed banks not to insist upon retired government employees for their presence to give life certificates for continuation of pension.

The Centre has been promoting the use of digital life certificates for pensioners through the latest face recognition technology to ensure transparency and 'ease of usage', Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Monday.

The technology will help around 68 lakh Central government pensioners as well as those under the EPFO and state governments

The government, on Thursday, issued an advisory to all states to accept documents in electronic form. With the idea of paperless governance, and an aim to make life simpler for citizens, the government announced that documents such as driving license, car registration, voter ID, PAN card, school and college certificates, and many other documents is...

EPFO has extended the deadline for submitting digital life certificates for its over 50 lakh pensioners till April 30 to link pension accounts with Aadhaar.

Earlier in November last year, the EPFO had decided to extend the last date for submission of life certificate till January 15, 2017.

The NIC in various states has been directed to provide technical support to help pensioners submit their certificates online.

In the backdrop of complaints of pensioners' harassment, the government has directed banks not to insist upon retired government employees for their presence to give life certificates for continuation of pension.