New Delhi: More than 20.48 lakh defence pensioners have submitted their Digital Life Certificates (DLCs) under the nationwide Digital Life Certificate Campaign 5.0, with the Defence Accounts Department recording the highest participation among government departments as of November 11.
The month-long campaign, running from November 1 to 30, is being coordinated by the Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare to simplify annual verification for defence and family pensioners.
The Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA) has deployed 194 SPARSH Service Centres, 4.63 lakh Common Service Centres, 13 partner banks, India Post Payments Bank and 29 nodal officers to facilitate submissions. Around 80 outreach programmes are also being held across the country.
A key feature is Aadhaar-based face authentication through the Jeevan Pramaan portal and mobile app. More than 80% of the certificates have been generated using Face ID, enabling pensioners to complete verification through smartphones without visiting banks or defence offices.
The facility is particularly useful for elderly and differently-abled pensioners facing mobility or fingerprint authentication difficulties.
A mega digital life certificate camp will be held in Kochi on November 23.
The department generated over 20.94 lakh certificates during the November 2025 campaign and has urged pensioners to use the available facilities to complete their annual verification.
