Digital Life Certificate through Jeevan Pramaan Patra extended upto March 31

New Delhi: Noticing that many pensioners are yet to submit Aadhaar authenticated Jeevan Pramaan as life certificate for continuation of drawal of pension, the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has further extended the last date of submission of Digital Life Certificate through Jeevan Pramaan Patra upto March 31, 2017. Earlier the last date was February 28, 2017.

Members and pensioners of the Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995 are required to furnish Aadhaar number by March 31, this year. In case a member has not been allotted Aadhaar Number, a copy of Aadhaar Enrolment ID slip is required to be attached for settlement of claim under EPS, 1995, namely for pension processing and monthly pension payments.  Aadhaar number however is not required in case a member of pension scheme having less than 10 years of service chooses to withdraw by making an application in Form 10-C. An Employee Enrolment Campaign-2017, started by EPFO on January 1, 2017 to cover left out workers, continues upto March 31, 2017.