Western Railway recently launched a special Digital Life Certificate (DLC) Campaign 3.0 for pensioners / family pensioners in various divisions and units of Western Railway. For the convenience and benefit of pensioners, a special campaign has been launched to submit their life certificate digitally. For this, this campaign is being promoted on various platforms , pensioners associations and social media.
According to a press release issued by Western Railway Chief Public Relations Officer Shri Vineet Abhishek, it is necessary for pensioners to submit important documents like Jeevan Pramaan Patra in banks to avail pension. The paperwork is sometimes physically difficult for the elderly. Reaching the bank can be a tedious and worrying process. In this process, the pensioner has to visit the bank once in the month of November and submit his life certificate as proof of his being alive. If the pensioner does not reach the bank by the end of the month, then If a person is unable to submit the life certificate , then he has to go to the office and go through a long process to start the pension.
Shri Vineet said that to simplify this process Western Railway launched a special DLC campaign to make pensioners aware about the importance of submitting their life certificate before the due date from the comfort of their homes. All the six divisions i.e. Mumbai Central , Vadodara , Ahmedabad , Ratlam , Bhavnagar And a full time DLC campaign was conducted by the staff of Accounts Department in coordination with Personnel Department in Rajkot Divisions and five units of Western Railway. Several camps were organized around the venue and Suvidha Kendras were set up in banks , which facilitated the pensioners / family pensioners. For the people submitting their Jeevan Pramaan Patra digitally became easy and smooth. Various programs like seminars , video conferencing with branch managers of banks and setting up of facilitation counters in banks were organized by these units. These camps were held in busy areas like Borivali , Virar, These camps were organised in suburbs as well as in remote places like Nandurbar , Amalner , Vyara etc. A number of camps , seminars and facilitation counters in banks were also set up at various places and stations in various divisions and factories of Western Railway. About 1500 pensioners participated in these camps and about 900 pensioners submitted their life certificate digitally.
One of the main objectives of the campaign was to create awareness among pensioners about the importance of submitting Jeevan Pramaan Patra before the due date. Through wide publicity , many pensioners have been able to submit their Jeevan Pramaan Patra using their Android devices from the comfort of their homes without visiting the bank. I have submitted my DLC through and also shared the process and benefits with other pensioners through WhatsApp. Family pensioners of NPS ( National Pension Scheme ) were also involved in this campaign.
Mr Vineet further informed that the Accounts Department also conducted a campaign in various Railway hospitals. Some pensioners are undergoing treatment in wards and ICUs for a long time and they are not in a position to go to the bank and submit Jeevan Pramaan Patra physically. They can now You can do the process of submitting life certificate through Android mobile. This was the first time this initiative was started in railway hospitals for pensioners. This campaign got tremendous response from the pensioners , which helped in making the campaign run by Western Railway successful. This digital life certificate is here Campaign 3.0 became a huge success.
