Washim pensioners can submit life certificates from home through face scan

Pensioners and family pensioners in Washim district have to submit a life certificate every year. They can now do so more easily and conveniently. Under the Centre's "Digital Life Certificate Campaign 5", a facility has been provided to submit the life certificate online through face authentication.

With this facility, pensioners will not have to go to a bank in person to submit papers. District Collector Yogesh Kumbhejkar has appealed to all eligible pensioners in the district to make use of it and submit their digital life certificates by November 30.

A district-level meeting on the digital life certificate campaign, which is under way across the country, was held in the Katepurna auditorium of the collector's office. Kumbhejkar made the appeal at this meeting.

Resident Deputy Collector Vishwanath Ghuge, District Treasury Officer Ingole and all sub-treasury officers were present. Managers of branches of the State Bank of India and Bank of Maharashtra also attended.

Washim district has 7,135 state government pensioners and 1,234 family pensioners. They include 97 pensioners aged above 80. So far, however, only 515 pensioners have submitted a digital life certificate.

District Treasury Officer Ingole said the facility would bring great relief to pensioners, especially the elderly, the ill and those with physical difficulties. The certificate can be submitted through face authentication on a smartphone, which will reduce the running around to banks or the treasury office. It will save time and make the process simpler. He asked all pensioners and family pensioners in the district to keep the November 30 deadline in mind.

The campaign is being run until November 30 for state government employees who draw pension or family pension from the Washim treasury office. The facility to create a digital life certificate through face authentication is available through the "Jeevan Pramaan" and "Face RD app".