Life certificate submission for super senior pensioners aged 80 years and above will start from the first October every year. For others life certificate submission starts from November 1, every year.
To raise awareness of the ease of acquiring a life certificate using face authentication technology, it is advised that all banks make use of the various platforms. Banks are advised to facilitate bed-ridden/hospitalized pensioners for submission of life certificate of by deputing Doorstep banking executives.
Also read: Digital Life Certificate: 7 ways pensioners can submit annual life certificate (Jeevan Pramaan Patra) online
Thanks to the Face Authentication Technology used in the Digital Life Certificate, it is now possible for every citizen to submit their digital life certificate from home using an Android smartphone or a bank branch.
What is Digital Life Certificate
According to the India Post Payments Bank, “Digital Life Certificate (Jeevan Pramaan) is a biometric enabled digital service for pensioners. Pensioners of central or state government, Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation or any other government organization whose pension disbursing agency is live for DLC can take benefit of this facility.”
How to submit life certificate via face authentication
The government has now created a Face-Recognition technology system based on the Aadhar database, allowing anyone with an Android-based smartphone to submit their DLC (digital life certificate).Also read: How to download, submit a digital life certificate online using Aadhaar authenticationStep 1
The pensioner/family pensioner must search the Google Play Store for “Aadhaar Face RD (Early Access)”. UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) Application Authority of India) with the most recent Version.
Step 2
The Aadhaar Face RD App will appear in the Settings under App Manager or App Info after it has been successfully installed on the smartphone. This application is required to install because it is used in the background process of the Jeevan Pramaan app.
Step 3
Once the Aadhaar Face RD App is installed on your smartphone/Android device, the pensioner/family pensioner needs to download another application called “Jeevan Pramaan” from the Google Play Store.
Step 4
After successfully installing both applications, the pensioner/family pensioner should open the “Jeevan Pramaan” application.
They will be taken to the “Operator Authentication” screen where they have to provide their personal details as follows:
1. Click on the Aadhaar checkbox.
2. Enter the Aadhaar Number.
3. Enter the Mobile Number.
4. Enter the Email Address.
5. Click on the Submit Button.
Step 5
After providing all the information, the Operator (pensioner/family pensioner/any other person on behalf of pensioner/family pensioner) needs to submit the OTP (One Time Password) sent to their respective mobile number and email address.
Step 6
After entering the OTP, the Jeevan Pramaan App will direct the Operator (pensioner/family pensioner/any other person acting on behalf of the pensioner/family pensioner) to a screen where they must enter their Aadhaar Number and Name. They should check the box and then select Scan. The app will ask for Face Scan authorization, and the pensioner/family pensioner should hit “Yes” to proceed.
Step 7
The app will provide instructions and guidelines for the face scan prior to the scan.
The pensioner/family pensioner should carefully study them. To continue, users must choose the “I am aware of this” checkbox and push the proceed button. The app will take a picture of their face.
Note:- 1. The operator authentication is a one time process. 2. Pensioner can also be the Operator. 3. After operator authentication, a screen will open for pensioner authentication. 4. One operator can generate DLC of multiple Pensioners.
Step 9
After Operator Authentication a screen opens for Pensioner Authentication (Image-1) where they have to provide their personal details as follows:
1. Click the checkbox of Aadhaar.
2. Enter Aadhaar Number.
3. Enter Mobile Number.
4. Enter Email Address (Not Mandatory).
5. Click on the ‘Submit’ button.
6. On clicking submit button, an option appears on screen ‘Enter OTP’ (Image-2)
7. Enter OTP and click Submit button.
Step 10
After submission of OTP a screen will appear (Image-1) where the following information is to be provided: 1. Full Name as per Aadhaar 2. Type of Pension 3. Sanctioning Authority 4. Disbursing Agency 5. PPO Number 6. Account Number (pension) 7. Click on the declarations 8. Click on Submit button 9. A permission to Confirm will appear on the screen.
Step 11
A screen will appear for providing consent and permission for scan . Click on scan. The process for scanning face will begin.
After face scanning DLC submission appears on the mobile screen along with the Pramaan ID and PPO no.
