Mega camp for pensioners in Hyderabad on Tuesday

Hyderabad: Central government’s Department of Pensions and Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW) will hold a mega Digital Life Certificate (DLC) camp in Hyderabad, according to an official statement issued on Sunday. These camps are being held in more than 35 cities covering 60 locations in Telangana by all the stakeholders.

The mega camp is being held for pensioners and representatives of registered pensioners’ associations. During his visit to the city on Tuesday, Pensions Secretary V. Srinivas will review the progress of the Digital Life Certificate (DLC) campaign and hold an interactive meeting with defense and bank officials.

The Digital Life Certificate Campaign 3.0, Jeevan Praman, is the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the digital empowerment of pensioners. The month-long campaign will see Pensioners of Central/state governments/ EPFO/autonomous bodies submitting their Digital Life Certificates at Pension Disbursing Banks or the IPPB. DoPPW is providing doorstep delivery of services to the super senior pensioners.

During the mega camp, the officials from the UIDAI will assist pensioners from General Offices Pensioners’ Association (Hyderabad), the ISRO Retired Employees Forum (IREF) (Hyderabad), and the All India Retired Railwaymen’s Federation (Secunderabad) in updating their Aadhaar records, wherever required and also to take care of any technical issues.

Notably, more than 80,000 pensioners are drawing pension through banks in Telangana and SPARSH outreach is being conducted by the CGDA for more than 73,000 pensioners across various stations in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.