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Digital Life Certificate: Elderly pensioners have to submit their life certificate every year. For their convenience, the government has provided the facility of submitting Digital Life Certificate (DLC). But for this also one has to go to a public facility center or cyber cafe. Now the Postal Department has come forward to help pensioners submit digital certificates sitting at home. The Postal Department will provide this service to the elderly at their homes. At present, there are about 68 lakh pensioners of the Central Government alone in the country. If the number of pensioners of state governments is added to this, then this figure will increase significantly.
This campaign will be run across the country
This information has been received from the official statement issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) of the Central Government on Friday. This step is important because the Department of Pension and Pensioners Welfare (DOPPW) has decided to organize DLC Abhiyan 3.0 in all district headquarters and major cities across the country from 1-30 November 2024. It is noteworthy that a preparatory meeting for DLC Abhiyan 3.0 in all district post offices was held on 12 September 2024 by V Srinivas, Secretary (DOPPW), in which Sanjay Sharan Director General Postal Services, Rajul Bhatt Deputy Director General Posts and R Vishwaswaran Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) also participated.
DLC campaign will run in post offices
A statement issued by the Personnel Ministry said that it has been agreed that the District Post Offices will organize DLC Campaign 3.0 in District Post Offices in coordination with Pensioners Welfare Associations, Pension Disbursing Banks and Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDIA). The statement said, “Pensioners can submit Jeevan Pramaan Patra (DLC) in District Post Offices using face authentication from Android smart phones.”
Service will be available at home
“The Department of Posts will provide services to the elderly by going door-to-door/(and) inform the pensioners to submit DLC as required,” the statement said. The DLC 3.0 campaign will be widely publicised by spreading awareness about the scheme through banners, social media, SMS and short videos.
Who will provide technical support?
The central government statement said that UIDAI and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology will provide technical support during the camps. The statement said, “It is envisaged that this collaboration will broaden and deepen the government's efforts towards digital empowerment of pensioners and contribute significantly to making their lives easier.”
Last year this campaign was run in 100 cities
In the year 2023, DLC Abhiyan 2.0 was run in 100 cities of the country. In this, 1.45 crore pensioners had deposited their DLC. This year this campaign has been extended to all the district headquarters and big cities of the country. Therefore, it is believed that this time more DLC will be deposited through the campaign than last year.