EPS’95 pensioners can submit life certificates at any time; know details here

In a major relief to lakhs of pensioners, the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has announced that EPS’95 pensioners can now submit life certificates at any time during the year unlike the current practice of submitting them before a given deadline.

Taking to Twitter on Monday, the EPFO further said that the certificate will be valid for one year from the date of submission.

“EPS’95 Pensioners can now submit Life Certificate at any time which will be valid for 1 year from date of submission,” the EPFO said in a tweet.

EPS’95 Pensioners can now submit Life Certificate at any time which will be valid for 1 year from date of submission.

EPS'95 पेंशनभोक्ता अब किसी भी समय जीवन प्रमाण पत्र जमा कर सकते हैं जो जमा करने की तारीख से 1 वर्ष के लिए वैध होगा।#EPFO #EPS95 #Pension pic.twitter.com/OqWYPo2fIo

— EPFO (@socialepfo) November 22, 2021

The EPFO has also informed that the life certificate can be submitted digitally at pension disbursing bank, common service centre, Indian Post Payments Bank or Indian Post Office or Postman, UMANG App, or nearest EPFO office.

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To submit the certificate, a pensioner should have the details such as – PPO number, Aadhaar number, bank account details, mobile number linked with Aadhaar.

Life Certificate is a mandatory document that every pensioner must submit to confirm they are not dead and continue to avail pension facilities.  All pensioners under EPS-95 (Employees Pension Scheme-1995) are required to submit Jeevan Pramaan Patra (JPP) / Digital Life Certificate (DLC) each year to continue drawing a pension.   

At present, a pensioner can submit the certificate anytime during the year up to November 30. However, last year it had to be extended twice - once till December 31, 2020 and later till February 28, 2021 -   in view of the Covid-19 pandemic.