Life Certificate required to be submitted by pensioners to continue receiving pension without a break. All central government and state pensioners must submit an annual Life Certificate to approved pension disbursing agencies, such as the bank, each November in order to continue receiving their benefits.
How a family pensioner can submit video life certificate
However, in case of senior Pensioners of the age of 80 years and above, Life Certificate can be submitted from October 1st. Life certificate in both cases, would be valid till 30th November of the subsequent year.
A Life Certificate can be submitted manually or digitally as per convenience of the pensioner. Following are the modes of submitting the Life Certificate:
· At home
· At Common Service Centres (CSCs)
· At Pension Disbursing Banks
· At the offices of more than 50 Pensioners’ Welfare Association
· Digital ways
Payment of pension for the month of December and onwards will not be done to the pensioner.
Once the Life Certificate is updated in the Pension System, pension will be paid along with arrears immediately on the next pension payment. However, in case Life Certificate is not submitted for a period of three years and above, pension will be commenced after sanction of the competent authority through the CPAO as per due process.
Important FAQs related to Jeevan Pramaan (Digital Life Certifictae)
What is Jeevan Pramaan?
Jeevan Pramaan is a biometric enabled Aadhaar-based Digital Life Certificate for pensioners and is generated for individual pensioner using