New Delhi: Pensioners can now easily submit their life certificates from the comfort of their home as India’s largest commercial lender, the State Bank of India launched the Video Life Certificate service on November 1 which allows pensioners to submit their life certificates through a simple video call.
A life certificate is required to determine if the person who is to receive the pension is still alive and they continue to receive their pension without any problem.
Now, senior citizens will not have to go all the way to government offices and present themselves physically or to submit the certificate in order to receive the pension. On November 1, SBI tweeted, “Now submit your #LifeCertificate from the comfort of your home! Our #VideoLifeCertificate service launching on will allow pensioners to submit their life certificates through a simple video call.”
Now submit your #LifeCertificate from the comfort of your home! Our #VideoLifeCertificate service launching on will allow pensioners to submit their life certificates through a simple video call.#SBI #Pensioner #AzadiKaAmritMahotsav #AmritMahotsav pic.twitter.com/SsyJjnCPlL
An individual who has an account with SBI can avail this service. The individual also needs to have their mobile number registered with Aadhaar and the same number needs to be present in the pension application.
How to avail SBI’s video life certificate service:
In case, your video life certificate is rejected then you will be informed of the same via SMS. In such a scenario, you will be required to visit your bank branch to submit a life certificate.
As per a press release issued by SBI, this facility is available for pensioners (other than family pensioners). Thus, the spouse of the pensioner receiving a pension from the government will not be able to use this facility. As per the public sector lender, the process of video life certificate is paperless and free of cost.
It is worth noting that this comes after the recent update of the Government of India which stated that pensioners who are 80 years and below will have to submit their life certificates or Jeevan Pramaan Patra before November 30. If the life certificate is not submitted by the pensioner by November 30, they will stop receiving the pension.
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