Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions , Dr. Jitendra Singh, will launch the Nation-wide Digital Life Certificate campaign 3.0 in New Delhi tomorrow. The campaign, conducted nationwide by the Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare across 800 cities and districts, will continue till the 30th of this month. The primary aim of the event is to spread awareness about the benefits of digital life certificates and promote digital empowerment of pensioners using face authentication technology. A report:

For the continuation of pension, pensioners need to submit a life certificate annually. An Aadhar-based scheme for online submission of digital life certificates, Jeevan Pramaan, was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014 to simplify the process . The third edition of the digital life certificate campaign is being conducted by the department of pensions and pensioners’ welfare across 800 cities and districts to spread awareness about the benefits of digital life certificates . The month-long campaign started on the 1st of this month and will continue till the 30th. The event majorly focuses on promoting Face Authentication Technology. In collaboration with Pension Disbursing Banks, India Post Payments Bank, Pensioners’ Welfare Associations, Controller General of Defense Accounts, Department of Telecommunications, and Railways, the campaign aims to reach all the pensioners in the remotest corners of the country. Institutions like the India Post Payments Bank and nineteen pension disbursing banks will also hold camps across the country to spread awareness about digital life certificates.