Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
30-November-2015 17:43 IST
No proposal to discontinue the Digital Life Certificate for the Pensioners
There is a report in a section of press that while inaugurating an
Awareness Workshop on the online Pension Sanction and Payment Tracking
System “BHAVISHYA”, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for
Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public
Grievances and Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said
that the practice of submitting Digital Life Certificate for
continuation of pensions will soon be done away with.
Strongly rebutting the report, it is stated that Union Minister Dr
Jitendra Singh has never ever expressed any opinion on the issue at any
platform and, therefore, the question of having made such a statement
does not arise at all.
It is clarified that, as of now, the government has no proposal to
discontinue the Digital Life Certification for the pensioners.
It is to be stated that “Jeevan Pramaan” - a facility for submission of
digital of life certificates by pensioners has been launched in November
2014. This is a voluntary facility provided in addition to existing
provisions available for submission of life certificates. Till date
9,62,910 Digital Life Certificates have been furnished by pensioners.
