Pensioners will be able to submit their annual life certificate through face authentication on their phones under a month-long nationwide campaign that Minister Jitendra Singh will launch on 6 November.
Digital Life Certificate Campaign 5 will be formally launched at the National Media Centre, Raisina Road, New Delhi, by Singh, a Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office and the Ministry of Personnel. It is organised by the Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare and runs until 30 November 2026.
What it offers
The campaign will cover over 2,000 cities and towns and promotes face authentication through the Jeevan Pramaan app. Special emphasis is on super-senior pensioners aged 80 and above, women pensioners and those with health difficulties, and doorstep and home-based services will be arranged for those who cannot travel.
Partners
Public sector banks, India Post Payments Bank, UIDAI, the electronics ministry, pensioners' welfare associations, and the Defence, Railways and Posts ministries, the Department of Telecommunications, the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation and state governments are partners.
At the launch, Singh will release a compendium booklet and a coffee-table e-book on Campaign 4.0.
Source: official release by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, issued through the Press Information Bureau, Government of India (05 NOV 2026 3:13PM by PIB Delhi). Read the full official text: Dr Jitendra Singh to formally Launch Nationwide Digital Life Certificate Campaign 5.
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VerifiedEvery fact, figure and quotation is taken from the official PIB release (Release ID 2333041) issued by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions on 05 NOV 2026 3:13PM by PIB Delhi; checked against the source on publication. Story written by BDT from that release; no outside facts added.
Sources
- 1.Dr Jitendra Singh to formally Launch Nationwide Digital Life Certificate Campaign 5 — Press Information Bureau, Government of India
