Pensioners who are senior citizens or retired who get their pension from Pension Disbursing Authorities (PDAs) such as banks are required to fill in the life certificate form each year. This can be filled by visiting the bank or submitting an application form each year.
Jeevan Parman Patra, aka Life Certificate, is essential for every pensioner. It is because if anyone failed to fill up this application form during the end of a year. The pension will automatically get stopped.
To make it easier, EPFO (Employees Provident Fund Organization) mentioned that the pensioners will now be able to submit life certificate form online at their convenience during any time of the year.
What are the requirements for generating a “Digital life certificate”?
You can generate a digital life certificate online if you have:
- A valid aadhar card.
- An operational mobile number linked with the aadhar card.
However, for generating the digital life certificate document? One needs to complete the registration at Jeevan Parman application.
Here are the steps to Register on Jeevan Parman:
- First, one needs to download the “Jeevan Parman” application from the respective app store.
- After that, one needs to click on the “new registration” button.
- The pensioner now has to enter the aadhar number, bank account number, PPO (Pension Payment Order).
- The pensioner now has to check all the information and then click on the send OTP button.
- One will receive an OTP on their mobile phone.
- Enter the OTP and authenticate using the aadhar card.
- Click on the submit button.
- Once the verification gets done, the Parmaan id will get generated.
How to Fill Pensioners Life Certificate Form Online?
You may require a client software biometric fingerprint and iris scanner to generate a life certificate online. You can visit any shop for this. Furthermore, one can follow the steps we have added below.
- First, you need to get logged in to the Jeewan Parman application.
- You can use your Parmaan ID and OTP to get logged in.
- After that, select the “Generate Jeewan Parman” option from the main screen.
- Click on the “Generate OTP” option.
- After that, enter the OTP and click on the submit button.
- You now have to enter the PPO number, name, and the name of PDA.
- Last, complete the verification by scanning the fingerprint and authenticating the aadhar data.
- That’s it. The Life Certificate will now visible on the screen. You will even get an SMS to download a copy for the same.
Note: It is a digital life certificate. Therefore, there is no need to submit it physically in the bank. However, one can download a copy of this certificate for their records.
What is an alternative option?
There is an alternative option. The pensioner can visit the PDA, aka bank for the same.
The pensioner only needs to submit an application form and get it signed by the bank manager. (This require a visit to the bank, though)
You may also like to read, National Pension Scheme for Traders and Self Employed Persons
Conclusion
It is important to file the life certificate form each year to ensure the non-stoppage of pensions. The pensioner can fill pensioner’s life certificate form online using the online application. However, one can even visit the bank for the same.
In this article, we have added all the information one needs to know for filling the pensioner’s life certificate form online. You can always reach us through the comments section regarding any queries on this article.
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