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Procedure for Generating Jeevan Pramaan / Digital Life Certificate (ver1.0)
1. What is Jeevan Pramaan (JP):
There are more than one crore pensioners in the country including pensioners from
Central Government and Defense personnel. These pensioners get their due pension
through Pension Disbursing Authorities (PDAs) such as the banks, the post offices etc.
Pensioners are required to furnish a “Life Certificate” to these PDAs in November every
year either by presenting themselves personally or by delivering a life certificate in the
prescribed format. The requirement to produce this certificate causes huge hardships
particularly to the aged and or / infirm pensioners.
Launched by Hon. PM Shri. Narendra Modi ji, on 10th Nov 2014, Digital Life Certificate
for Pensioners Scheme of the Government of India, known as the Jeevan Pramaan
(JP) seeks to address this very problem by digitizing the whole process of securing the
life certificate. It enables the pensioner to generate a digital life certificate using a
software application and secure Aadhaar based Biometric Authentication System. The
Digital Life Certificate (DLC) so generated is stored online & can be accessed by the
pensioner & the Pension Disbursing Agency as and when required by them.
2. Components of the J P/ Digital Life Certificate
There are three basic components of the Jeevan Pramaan /Digital Life Certificate:
A. The Pension Sanctioning Authority (PSAs)
It is the authority which approves and sanctions the pension of an individual. The
Pension is to be delivered in the Pension Account specified in the Pension Payment
Order (PPO).
B. The Pension Disbursing Agency (PDAs)
The Pension Disbursing Agencies process the DLC of the pensioners. The PDAs can
register on the Jeevan Pramaan Portal to access the Life Certificates on-line. This
account sign up facility has been created for the PDAs (Banks, Post Office etc), to
process pension orders. The Agencies can securely login to view/ download a PDF
copy of DLC of Pensioner for processing.
C. The Pensioners:
The JP uses the Aadhaar platform for biometric authentication of the pensioner. For
the DLC generation the pensioners needs to have Internet Connectivity, a biometric
device (list of supported devices is given on the JP portal) and JP Windows/Android
Client Application Software for PC/Mobile/tablet which can be downloaded
from the Jeevan Pramaan portal: https://jeevanpramaan.gov.in/