Jeevan Pramaan Patra FAQs: Eligibility, Validity, And Documents Required

What is Jeevan Pramaan Patra?

The life certificate that a pensioner is required to present annually to the bank to be able to collect their pension is known as Jeevan Pramaan Patra. This is not a new introduction but has been a requirement for pensioners for a while now So, what is new with Jeevan Pramaan Patra? To avail the Life certificate, an individual drawing pension, is required to be personally present in front of the Pension Disbursing agency or have the Life certificate be issued by the authority where they served earlier. This requirement often becomes a hurdle in the seamless transfer of the pension. Digital Life Certificate for Pensioners Scheme known as Jeevan Pramaan seeks to address this issue by digitizing the process of securing a life certificate³.

At first, the use of biometrics was considered for the digital Jeevan Pramaan Patra. However, it was found that capturing biometrics, especially fingerprints, was difficult for senior citizens. Owing to this, the process then shifted to a face-recognition system in collaboration with MeitY.^[2] This may enable pensioners to submit their Jeevan Pramaan Patra through their smartphones. Thus, one may not have to go physically to the bank and wait in a queue for their Jeevan Pramaan Patra submission.

Knowing that a life certificate for pensioners is one of the most important documents, this change in the process of Jeevan Pramaan Patra submission may be welcomed by most.

 

Sources

1. https://jeevanpramaan.gov.in/v1.0/misc/faq

2. https://jeevanpramaan.gov.in/v1.0/#certificate