All pensioners are mandated to submit their life certificate annually to continue receiving pension.
Posted On: 29 NOV 2021 4:26PM by PIB Delhi
Union
Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology;
Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO,
Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr
Jitendra Singh today launched unique Face Recognition Technology for
Pensioners and said, this will bring ease of living for the retired and
the elderly citizens.
Dr
Jitendra Singh said that Face Recognition Technique of giving Life
Certificate is a historic and far reaching reform, since it will touch
the lives of not only 68 lakh Central Government Pensioners but also
Crores of Pensioners who fall outside the jurisdiction of this
Department such as EPFO, State Government Pensioners etc. He thanked
National Infomatics Center (NIC), the Ministry of Electronics &
Information Technology as well as UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority
of India) for devising this technology and making such an initiative of
Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare possible.
Dr
Jitendra Singh said that the government headed by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi has always sought "ease of living" for all sections of
society including the retirees and pensioners who are the nation's
assets with all their experience and long years of service rendered by
them. He also reiterated that during the Corona pandemic too, the
Department of Pension brought about several reforms for release of
provisional pension/family pension.
The
Minister said that the Department of Pension has been extensively using
technology to achieve this end, be it introduction of Digital Life
Certificate, introduction of an intelligent common software “Bhavishya”
for all Government of India Ministries for processing Pension cases. He
said, the effort in issuing Electronic PPOs and pushing the same in Digi
locker is a huge step towards Ease of Living and transparency. He said,
the Department has also been bringing out e-booklets for Pensioner
awareness and carrying out an Awareness campaign on Twitter, Facebook,
Youtube, and other social media. The informative films on social media
have become quite popular showing a record number of hits, he added.
Dr
Jitendra Singh said, the Grievance redressal portal CPENGRAMS along
with a Call-centre is another example of digitization. He said, at the
behest of the Prime Minister, the Department also started a portal
entitled “Anubhav” to show-case the experiences in Government of
retiring officials which has now become a huge resource base for us. The
Department not only introduced the concept of Pension Adalats but has
leveraged technology to hold digital Adalats through video-conferencing.
Dr
Jitendra Singh also informed that the Department of Pension had started
the system of registering Pensioners’ Associations in different cities
and with around 46 registered Associations in different cities, the
Department has been able to strengthen its hands in being able to reach
the grass-root level of the Pensioners for helping them as well as
taking help from them in spreading awareness of the Pension Policy
Reforms. He added that recently the Department brought out NPS
Service-related Rules as well as Gratuity Rules for officials covered
under NPS. The Minister hoped that the mammoth task of Review &
Rationalisation of CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 has reached the final
stages and shall be released shortly.
