The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has launched a special enrolment drive for pensioners who are yet to be enrolled for Aadhaar. The drive is being conducted to enable pensioners avail the convenience of Jeevan Pramaan, an initiative of Department of Pensions and Pensioners’ Welfare, Government of India.
Every year, pensioners need to provide a life certificate to an authorised pension disbursing agency such as a Bank, Post office etc, for receipt of pension. To get a life certificate the pensioner is required to either personally present oneself before the Pension Disbursing Agency or have the life Certificate issued by the department or authority where they served earlier and have it delivered to the disbursing agency.
This entails considerable hardship to the senior Citizens. Jeevan Pramaan, a digital life certificate which utilises the Aadhaar identity platform, addresses this very problem by digitising the whole process of securing a life certificate.
A pensioner just needs to biometrically authenticate at the nearest centre. After successful authentication, the digital life certificate is stored in a life Certificate Repository, which can be accessed by the Pension Disbursing Authority.