Now you can get a digital life certificate at home! India Post Payments Bank and EPFO have entered into a major partnership.
The public sector India Post Payments Bank will provide digital life certificate services to EPFO pensioners at their homes. A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the two organizations.
India Post Payments Bank: The public sector India Post Payments Bank will provide digital life certificate services to EPFO pensioners at their homes. A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the two organizations. Under this collaboration, India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) will leverage its extensive network of over 1.65 lakh post offices and 300,000 postal service providers (postmen and Gramin Dak Sevaks) equipped with banking devices.
These devices are used to digitally process facial recognition technology and fingerprint biometric verification to assist EPFO pensioners in submitting their digital life certificates.
Information about the agreement
India Post Payments Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Employees' Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) to provide doorstep digital life certificate services to its pensioners under the Employees' Pension Scheme, 1995. Digital Life Certificate (DLC) allows pensioners to complete the verification online instead of visiting the office every year. This eliminates the need for them to visit bank branches or EPFO offices to submit traditional paper-based certificates.
According to a statement, EPFO will bear the entire cost of issuing digital life certificates, making this service free for its pensioners. India Post Payments Bank launched the doorstep Digital Life Certificate service in 2020 to generate life certificates for pensioners using Aadhaar-enabled biometric verification to reduce the time taken to issue life certificates.
"This partnership with EPFO reaffirms IPPB's mission of bringing essential financial and civic services to every household in India," Visweswaran said. "With our technology-enabled postal network and reliable last-mile access, EPFO pensioners will now be able to submit their life certificates with ease."
According to the statement, to avail this service, EPFO pensioners will need to contact their postman or Gramin Dak Sevak or visit their nearest post office, provide their Aadhaar number and pension details for Aadhaar-linked facial authentication or fingerprint biometric verification.
