Timeline for Submission of Life Certificate

admin September 11, 2020 Daily Current Affairs

All Central Government pensioners can submit Life Certificate from 1st November, 2020 to 31st December 2020.
Earlier this used to be only for the month of November for maintaining continuity of Pension.
However, the pensioners in the age group of 80 years and above, can submit Life Certificate from 1st October, 2020 to 31st December, 2020.
During this extended period, the pension will be continued to be paid by the Pension Disbursing Authorities (PDAs) uninterrupted.
As per RBI notification dated January 9, 2020, which permits Video based Customer Identification Process (V-CIP) as a consent based alternate method of establishing the customer’s identity,
- Pension Disbursing Banks have been also asked to explore the said methodology for obtaining a Life Certificate from the pensioner,
- To the extent permitted by RBI guidelines, in order to avoid rush at the branches.
The Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare has been promoting the Digital Life Certificate which can be given from the comfort of one’s home also.