Jitender Singh launches face recognition technology for submission of Digital Life Certificate by pensioners
The Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Jitender Singh launched the face recognition technology for submission of Digital Life Certificate (DLC) by the pensioners.
Speaking on the occasion, Singh informed that Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare has been undertaking several reforms for timely and smooth payment of pension and has also taken various steps in the past for promoting welfare of pensioners. An online system for submission of life certificate ‘Jeevan Pramaan’ was launched by the Prime Minister in 2014 for ease of living of pensioners. Jeevan Pramaan Pportal has made the process for submission of life certificate faster and more transparent, as a pensioner can give an online life certificate, anytime and from anywhere, by attaching a biometric device to his PC/mobile or by using services of a Common Service Centre (CSC) or any bank branch. The pensioner also gets status of submission and acceptance through SMS. The system is also helpful to the banks as they can update thousands of life certificate records in a single click
.Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare has been working with National Informatics Centre (NIC), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) for development of a face-recognition technology-based system using UIDAI’s Aadhaar software for submission of digital life certificate. Introduction of this technology is a further step in the direction of ensuring ease of living for pensioners and family pensioners. Under this facility, identity of a pensioner or family pensioner will be established through face recognition technique. It will be possible to submit life certificate using this technology from any android based smart phone.
DLC through face recognition technique is a breakthrough technology which will reduce pensioners’ dependence on external bio-metric devices and make the process affordable and accessible, thus, ensuring ease of living for pensioners and family pensioners.