Lok Sabha Question No. 666 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-06
Subject: Digital Life Certificate
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: Bholanath (B.P. Saroj), Prathap Simha, L.S. Tejasvi Surya, Umesh G. Jadhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (DEPARTMENT OF PENSION AND PENSIONERS' WELFARE)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 666

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2023)

## DIGITAL LIFE CERTIFICATE

666. SHRI BHOLANATH (B.P. SAROJ):

SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

SHRI L.S. TEJASVI SURYA:

DR. UMESH JADHAV:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has been providing any Digital Life Certificate since 2014 and if so, the details thereof along with the procedure for applying for the same;
- (b) whether the Government has any details about the total number of certificates issued under the Digital Life Certificate since its launch in 2014 and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  additional  meausres  undertaken  by  the  Government  to  make  the  scheme  more accessible to the pensioners?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

- (a):   Yes Sir, DLCs (Jeevan Pramaan) are generated using thumb scanning, iris scanning and Face Authentication Technique.
- (b):    Yes  Sir,  details  about  the  total  number  of  certificates  issued  under  the  Digital  Life Certificate since its launch in 2014 are available.  The details of DLC are as under:

| Period (1st April- 31st March)   |   Total Digital Life Certificate |   Total Central Government Employees |
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 2014-2015                        |                           109751 |                                92658 |
| 2015-2016                        |                          1315150 |                               726102 |
| 2016-2017                        |                          5058451 |                              1102313 |
| 2017-2018                        |                          9901542 |                              1262258 |
| 2018-2019                        |                          8994834 |                              1503144 |
| 2019-2020                        |                          9965509 |                              1901710 |
| 2020-2021                        |                          9897459 |                              1957862 |
| 2021-2022                        |                         11191451 |                              2372562 |
| 2022-2023                        |                         14129489 |                              4269529 |
| 2023- 28th November, 2023        |                         11310388 |                              3789571 |

- (c):    To make the scheme more accessible to the pensioners, the following steps are taken:
-  Due publicity is given through Short Messaging Service (SMS) and Social Media using tweets, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and short films on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, both in English and in Hindi.
-  New mode of submission of DLC through Face Authentication Technique using mobile phone was launched.
-  Nation-wide DLC Campaign was conducted in November, 2022 in coordination with Banks, Pensioners' Welfare Associations and Ministries/ Departments where Camps  were  organized  for  pensioners  to  submit  DLC.  Support  from  Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) & Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) was also taken in this regard.
-  During November 2023, the Department has organized a Nation-wide Digital Life Certificate  Campaign  2.0  covering  500  locations  in  100  cities  through  pension disbursing  banks,  Ministries/  Departments,  UIDAI  and  MeitY.  Such  dedicated campaigns have enabled pensioners to submit life certificate seamlessly and from the comforts of their homes.
-  Pensioners'  Awareness  Programmes,  Bankers'  Awareness  Programmes,  PreRetirement counselling are held on regular basis, physically as well as online to familiarize and popularize DLCs, in particular Face Authentication Technique.

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