Defence Pensioners Generate Over 20.48 Lakh Digital Life Certificates Under Nationwide DLC Campaign 5.0 Through Aadhaar Face Authentication

The Defence Accounts Department has generated over 20.48 lakh Digital Life Certificates under Campaign 5.0 by November 11, 2026. The nationwide initiative uses Aadhaar-based Face Authentication to simplify pension verification for defence pensioners.

New Delhi: The Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA), Ministry of Defence, has rolled out an extensive outreach initiative as part of the Nationwide Digital Life Certificate (DLC) Campaign 5.0.

Coordinated by the Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare (DoP&PW), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, the month-long campaign is being conducted across the country from November 1 to 30, 2026. As of November 11, 2026, over 20.48 lakh defence pensioners have successfully submitted DLCs, the highest contribution among all participating departments.

The initiative aims to facilitate seamless, hassle-free submission of DLCs for defence pensioners and family pensioners through advanced technology-enabled solutions.

A key priority is ensuring that elderly, super-senior, and differently-abled pensioners complete their annual identification conveniently without procedural hardships.

To ensure widespread physical outreach and ground-level support, the Defence Accounts Department (DAD) has mobilised 194 SPARSH Service Centres (SSCs), fully equipped to assist pensioners in generating DLCs and availing SPARSH platform services.

It has also engaged 4.63 lakh Common Service Centres (CSCs), 13 partner banks/IPPB and 29 nodal officers to facilitate the generation of DLCs by pensioners.

Around 80 outreach programmes are being conducted across the country. Additionally, a Mega Digital Life Certificate Camp will be organised in Kochi on November 23, 2026, offering on-the-spot assistance in generating DLCs.

A focal point of Campaign 5.0 is promoting Aadhaar-based Face Authentication Technology via the Jeevan Pramaan portal and mobile application, with more than 80% of the digital life certificates being generated through Face ID. This facility allows pensioners to authenticate their life certificate using a smartphone, eliminating the need for external biometric hardware.

Key advantages include the ability for pensioners to submit certificates from the comfort of their homes, reducing travel time and eliminating the need for physical visits to bank branches or defence offices. It also addresses biometric authentication difficulties faced by super-senior pensioners whose fingerprints have faded with age.

Source: https://www.freepressjournal.in/tech/defence-pensioners-generate-over-2048-lakh-digital-life-certificates-under-nationwide-dlc-campaign-50-through-aadhaar-face-authentication