They do not have to travel to banks or government offices to get their life certificates made any more. Using post offices and rural postal agents, digital life certificates can now be created and signed. This service which is quite handy can only be accessed at a meagre amount of ₹70. After that, the certificate is forwarded online to the appropriate department, and pensioners do not need to go anywhere.
Digital Life Certificate Campaign 3.0
This is aimed to provide better ease of living to the pensioners under the scheme Let’s Talk which has been launched jointly by the India Post Payments Bank and Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare to To unveil Digital Life Certificate Campaign 3.0.
The goal of this undertaking is to ensure that pensioners, but more so the elder ones who reside in the rural areas can access life certificates. It is implemented annually across 800 towns and cities in the country between November 1st and November 30th of 2024. This particular service can now be accessed by pensioners from the comfort of their homes.
How to obtain a life certificate
The officials with the post office have put in place procedures that has made it easy to get the Life Certificate in a digital format. Pensioners can apply through the Post Info Mobile App or through post office customer care centers or relevant rural postmen. Such workers even go to the extent of coming to the pensioner’s physical address to make the digital certificate.
Government’s Response to Pensioner Issues
They started this program to solve problems pensioners faced with in presenting the life certificate. The Director of the Chief Postmaster General Ramkaran Meena states that the Digital Life Certificate Campaign 3.0, the main aim being to make sure that pensioners post their certificates easily, especially those in the remote areas.
This service is readily available with the support of the postal department India Post Payments Bank and Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare through the extended numbers of post offices and rural postal staff.
