New Delhi. Keeping in mind the convenience of elderly pensioners and retired employees, the Central Government has launched Digital Life Certificate (DLC) Campaign 5.0. Under this initiative, pensioners will not have to visit banks or government offices to submit their annual life certificate. The government is trying to make this entire process easier through digital technology.
This campaign launched by the Department of Pension and Pensioners Welfare (DoPPW) will run for one month. Union Minister Jitendra Singh started it. During the campaign, pensioners will get the facility to get digital life certificate made at thousands of places across the country.
Life certificate will have to be submitted by 30th November
It is necessary for people receiving government pension to submit life certificate every year. For this, different dates have been set according to age.
Pensioners aged 80 years or above: Life certificate can be submitted from 1st October 2026.
Pensioners below 80 years of age: The facility to submit the certificate has started from 1 November 2026.
deadline: Pensioners of both categories will have to complete this process by 30 November 2026.
This facility is important for eligible Central and State Government pensioners as well as Defense pensioners receiving pension through SPARSH portal.
Now get digital life certificate made sitting at home like this
The government has provided the facility of Jeevan Praman app and Aadhaar based face authentication. Through this, pensioners can verify their identity through their smartphones. For this, first of all download Jeevan Pramaan and Aadhaar Face RD app in your mobile. After this enter the necessary information like Aadhaar number, PPO number, bank account and mobile number.
Complete face authentication as per the on-screen instructions. Once the identity is verified, the digital life certificate will be generated. After this, Pramaan ID will be received on mobile through SMS. It is important to keep it safe.