SBI conducts campaign for Central Government pensioners in Guwahati

GUWAHATI:The Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India has launched a nationwide campaign for promotion of Digital Life Certificate for Central Government pensioners. The Face Authentication Technology was launched by Dr Jitendra Singh, Minister of State (PP) of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.

All the registered Pensioners Associations, Pension Disbursing Banks, Ministries of Government of India and CGHS Centres had been directed to promote the Digital Life Certificate/Face Authentication Technique for giving Life Certificate by organizing special camps for 'Ease of Living' of pensioners.

A Central Government team was in Guwahati from the Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare led by Under Secretary. A campaign for the pensioners of the Central Government was conducted on November 16 at State Bank of India, New Guwahati Branch, Bamunimaidam.

The event was inaugurated and attended by Manojit Saikia, DGM (Digital & Taxation Banking), SBI, Local Head Office, Guwahati, Pratip Kumar Chakraborty, President, NFRPA, various officials and a large number of pensioners.

The pensioners participated in the campaign enthusiastically. These pensioners were guided by the Department officials how to download the Face Authentication Jeevan Pramaan App in their mobile phones and give Life Certificate from their phones. The Life Certificate is generated within 60 seconds and a link sent on the mobile phone from where the same can be downloaded. This is a milestone leap into the digital world taken by the Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare, Government of India. Under Secretary Deepak Gupta explained that earlier to give Life Certificate in physical form the aged pensioners had to queue up for hours outside banks. Now, the same has been made possible at the click of a button from the comfort of their home.

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