Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday praised the ‘Jeevan Pramaan’ programme after a senior journalist shared his experience of how his aged mother’s life certificate could be easily submitted digitally for the purpose of family pension and getting an income tax refund.
The programme has been a roaring success since being launched in 2014 by the Narendra Modi government and as many as 8.75 crore digital life certificates have been submitted by pensioners over the last decade. In 2023, as many as 1.47 crore digital life certificates were submitted. Of these 1.47 crore digital life certificates submitted in 2023, over 25 lakh were submitted by face authentication. The government is planning to promote the face authentication technology through an upcoming special campaign.
From November 2021, the Digital Life Certificate i.e. ‘Jeevan Pramaan’ can also be submitted by face authentication from an android smartphone. Face authentication has digitally empowered the pensioners and they no longer need to visit bank branches or service centers for submission of Life Certificates.
“I am satisfied that Digital India has made the process of getting pension easier and it is proving to be very useful for senior citizens across the country. This is the biggest feature of this program,” the PM posted on ‘X’ on Wednesday.
