New Delhi. Public sector Punjab National Bank (PNB) has started video call facility for pensioners to submit Life Certificate or Jeevan Pramaan Patra. This initiative will make it easier than ever for central government pensioners to submit life certificates amid the pandemic. Under PNB’s new video based customer identification process, pensioners will be able to submit life certificates in a secure manner sitting at home.
Punjab National Bank tweeted that it is now easier than ever to submit a life certificate. You can submit your documents through video call. February 28, 2022 is the last date for this.
Submission date extended for the second time
The Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare, under the supervision of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, has recently extended the deadline for submission of life certificates for central pensioners of all age groups till February 28, 2022. Earlier the last date was December 31, 2021. This is the second time that the Pension Department has extended the last date for filing life certificates.
Pension will be available even if not deposited
Normally, by November 30 every year, pensioners have to submit their life certificate to the bank or pension agency. In view of the pandemic, the deadline was extended from November 30 to December 31. Then recently the deadline of December 31 has been extended to February 28, 2022. The government has said that no one’s pension will stop due to non-submission of life certificate.
Documents can be submitted like this through video call
- Go to PNB website https://www.pnbindia.in/ and select Life Certificate option.
- Enter your account number and mobile number here. After that enter the OTP sent to your registered mobile number.
- Enter your Aadhaar number and accept the terms and conditions to proceed.
- Enter OTP for Aadhaar Verification.
- Select your pension type. If you select Regular Pension then click on ‘Submit Request’ for Video Life Certificate.
- Enter your employment and marital status details for family pension and click on ‘Submit Request’ for video life certificate.
- After this your request for life certificate will be successfully submitted.
