Sir,
This is with reference to the submission of Digital Life Certificate (DLC). In this regard, on behalf of many pensioners facing problems, I wish the Regional PF Commissioner to please clarify the following:
1. Whether the earlier system of life certificate in paper form, certified by the Bank Manager and submitted to the bank which was forwarding the same to the EPFO Office is totally discarded or it is also valid in addition to digital life certificate (DLC)?
2. After generating the DLC at the bank is any further action required by the pensioner to visit the EPFO to submit the copy of Jeevan Pramaan? If a pensioner gets an SMS message confirming linking of DLC with PPO number, soon after DLC is generated, is it the end of the task? If the pensioner has to personally visit the EPFO to submit a copy of DLC, the benefit of getting it done at the bank is totally negated for very senior citizens who may not have anyone to help to visit EPFO.
I request for an early clarification so that thousands of pensioners are saved from the trouble of visiting EPFO, crowding the office, having to spend a lot of time and getting exhausted in the process.
K Ravi, E-237, GGP Colony, Bhubaneswar-751025, Mob: 9437616497.