The Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare (DoPPW) is conducting Nationwide DLC Campaign 3.0 in November 2024 to streamline life certificate submission for pensioners through Face Authentication technology. 

This method allows pensioners to submit certificates via Aadhaar-based recognition on Android smartphones. Previously, pensioners were required to visit Pension Disbursing Authorities, a challenging task for elderly individuals. 

In 2014, DoPPW introduced Digital Life Certificates (Jeevan Pramaan), and in 2021, Face Authentication technology. This advancement eliminated the need for biometric devices, making the process more accessible. In 2022, DoPPW organized a nationwide campaign across 37 locations in the country, generating 1.41 crore DLCs. 

The 2023 campaign further expanded to 100 locations, with over 1.47 crore DLCs generated. This year, Campaign 3.0 (scheduled from November 1-30, 2024), will cover 800 locations in the country. Key partners include the Banks, India Post Payments Bank, Pensioners' Associations, UIDAI, MeitY, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Railways and Department of Telecommunications. 
Camps will be set up across cities to help pensioners with digital submissions and special arrangements shall be made for super senior or disabled pensioners, including home visits. Social media will promote the campaign, with oversight from the DoPPW via the DLC Portal. 

The campaign’s objective is to ensure even remote or limited-mobility pensioners getting benefit from this streamlined, accessible system. In 2024, Camps will be organised at Jamshedpur, and Ranchi in Jharkhand, besides other cities like Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Bokaro and Deoghar, among others. 

In Jamshedpur and Ranchi, the Camps will be held at various locations in the city on 19 and 20 November 2024, by Central Bank of India and Bank of India, respectively. India Post Payments Bank will organise camps on the same dates at GPO, Bistupur and GPO, Ranchi in these two cites on the mentioned dated. 

Shri Vishal Kumar, Under Secretary from the Department will be visiting various locations in these two cities on 19.11.2024 and 20.11.2024 respectively, to assist pensioners for use of various digital modes to submit their Life Certificates. 

In these camps, UIDAI shall assist pensioners to update their Aadhaar records, wherever required and also to take care of any technical issues.