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NEWS
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS
EASE OF LIVING FOR THE PENSIONERS THROUGH DIGITAL EMPOWERMENT: DLC
CAMPAIGN 3.0 ACHIEVES MILESTONES IN SECOND WEEK
MASSIVE RESPONSE AND ENTHUSIASM ACROSS ALL STATES IN NATIONWIDE DLC CAMPAIGN
3.0, MORE THAN 77 LACS DIGITAL LIFE CERTIFICATES GENERATED ACROSS THE COUNTRY
BY THE END OF 2ND WEEK OF LAUNCH OF DLC CAMPAIGN3.0
24 LACS DLCS I.E MORE THAN 34 % OF DLCS GENERATED THROUGH FACE AUTHENTICATION
Posted On: 18
NOV 2024 10:58AM by PIB Delhi
Jeevan
Pramaan is the vision of the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi for Digital
Empowerment of Pensioners. All key stakeholders – Pension disbursing banks,
Department of Pensions and Pensioners Welfare, Controller General of Defence
Accounts, Ministry of Railways, Department of Telecom, Department of Posts,
IIPB, UIDAI and Pensioners Welfare Associations are working with whole of
government approach to realise the vision of Digital Empowerment of Pensioners.
Department
of Pensions and Pensioners Welfare launched the Nation-wide Digital Life
Certificate Campaign 3.0 for Digital Empowerment of Pensioners at National
Media Center, New Delhi on 6th November 2024. The DLC Campaign
3.0 is being held in 800 cities/ towns of India from November 1-30, 2024. 1575
camps have been held from November 1-17, 2024 in 800 cities/districts, 1.8 lac
postmen deployed across the country.
In this
campaign, the Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare is putting all
efforts to create awareness amongst all pensioners regarding DLC-Face
Authentication technique by way of banners / posters placed strategically in
offices and all Bank Branches / ATMs. All Banks have created a team of
dedicated staff at their branches having downloaded the desired apps in their
smart phones who are using this technology extensively for submission of Life
Certificates by the pensioners. In case, the pensioners are not able to visit
the Branches due to old age/illness/weakness, the Bank officials are also
visiting their homes/hospitals for the above purpose.
The
Pensioners’ Welfare Associations are extending their full support to the
Campaign. Their representatives are motivating the pensioners to visit the
nearby Camp locations and submit their DLCs. The officials from Department of
Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare are also visited major locations through-out
the Country to assist pensioners in use of various digital modes to submit
their Life Certificates and monitoring the progress very closely.
As a
result, Digital Life Certificate (DLC) Campaign 3.0 has made remarkable
progress by the end of 2nd second week, achieving significant milestones in its
mission to bring convenience and accessibility to pensioners across the nation.
The campaign has successfully generated over 77 lacs Digital Life
Certificates by the end of 2nd week of launch of the 3.0 Campaign,
out of which about 1,77,153 pensioners above 90 years old and 17,212
pensioners between 80 – 90 years category could submit their DLCs from the
comfort of their home/locations/offices/branches. This incredible momentum
underscores the commitment of our pensioners, banking institutions, and
government agencies towards a digitally empowered India. A lot of excitement
has been observed amongst all the stakeholders, particularly sick / very old
pensioners at all the locations.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CAMPAIGN INCLUDE:
- Mega Camps: As
part of the Campaign, 4 Mega camps have been organized, 2 in Delhi (4-5
November), 1 in Bengaluru (8 November) and 1 in Hyderabad (12 November)
involving all stakeholders. Secretary PPW participated in all these camps
and encouraged pensioners to adopt digital modes of submission of LCs.
- Bank-wise
Achievements: SBI and PNB are leading the Campaign by generating more
than 9 lacs DLCs by the end of 2nd week of the month-long Campaign, while
Canara Bank and Central Bank of India registered impressive performances
by generating 1 lacs and 57,000 DLCs respectively.
- State-Wise
Progress: Maharashtra led the way with over 10 lacs certificates
generated, followed by Tamilnadu and West Bengal 6 lacs each. Uttar
Pradesh has also done well with more than 5 lacs DLCs.
- Departmental
Contributions: The Defence Department stood out with a 21 lacs
DLCs, while the Telecom Department generated an impressive 3.1
lacs DLCs. Civil Departments also contributed significantly with
over 3.4 lacs certificates generated.
- IPPBs
Performance: IPPB generated 4.4 lacs DLCs by the end of 2nd week
of the campaign. IPPB has played key role in delivering doorstep delivery
of services.
- Face
Authentication: Advanced authentication methods such as Face
Recognition contributed to 24 lacs certificates, making up 34%
of the total DLCs generated. There is 204 times increase in DLCs
submitted through Face Authentication under DLC Campaign 3.0.
This
campaign is a testament to DoPPW’s unwavering commitment to harnessing digital
tools for the benefit of every pensioner. All stakeholders extended their
full support to this campaign. This momentum shall continue to make DLC
Campaign 3.0 a historic success. NKR/AG/KS (Release ID:
2074158)
