ANNUAL LIFE CERTIFICATE GUIDELINES

ANNUAL LIFE CERTIFICATE GUIDELINES

For all pensioners migrated to SPARSH the date of submission of Life certificate is

the last date of the month in which the last certificate was submitted on SPARSH.

If you are not likely to be in India when the life certificate is due you may submit

the Life certificate just before leaving the country.

For those not yet migrated the months for submitting ALC are as follows

1. Those above 80- October and November

2. Others November

Annual Identification/Life Certification can be done via the following means:

1. Via the Digital Jeevan Pramaan online/Jeevan Pramaan Face App For Android

Users.

2. Details of installation & usage may be found

here: https://jeevanpramaan.gov.in/package/documentdowload/JeevanPramaan

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3. SPARSH Pensioner: Please choose Sanctioning Authority as “Defence – PCDA

(P) Allahabad” & Disbursing Authority as “SPARSH – PCDA (Pensions)

Allahabad”.

 SPARSH Pensioners can also complete Annual Identification/Life Certification

by logging as follows

a) Login to SPARSH( https://sparsh.defencepension.gov.in/)

b) Download Manual Life Certificate (MLC by choosing Aadhar Based Digital

Life Certificate or Manual Life certificate

c) If you choose MLC download it ,get it completed by authorized signatories

( See below for List)and then upload it in PDF format following online

instructions.

4. Pensioners may also visit for completing their Annual

Identification/Life Certification at nearest Service Centre established at

following agencies:

· Common Service Centres (CSCs) – To find your nearest CSC click

here: https://findmycsc.nic.in/ (Not recommended for safety

reasons)

· Nearest DPDO or Defence Accounts Department Service Centre.

· Service centers established by SBI, PNB, Bank of Baroda, HDFC Bank

and Kotak Mahindra Bank.

· To locate SPARSH service centers available at Defence Account

Department or Banks click here -

 https://sparsh.defencepension.gov.in/?page=serviceCentreLocator.

Legacy Pensioner (pre-2016 Retiree) who has not yet migrated to SPARSH can

perform their Life Certification as was being done by them in previous years. For

performing life certification through Jeevan Pramaan, they have to select

respective Sanctioning Authority as “Defence – Jt.CDA(AF) Subroto Park” or

Defence – PCDA (P) Allahabad” or “Defence – PCDA (Navy) Mumbai & Disbursing

Authority as your respective pension disbursing bank/DPDO etc.

LIST OF WHO CAN SIGN THE LIFE CERTIFICATE?

Life certificates issued/signed by one or other of the following authorities/persons

can be accepted:-

i. A serving or pensioned person exercising the powers of a Magistrate under

the criminal procedure code (Act-V of 1898).

ii. A registrar or sub-registrar appointed under the Indian Registration Act 1908

(XVI of 1908).

iii. A Gazetted Officer.

iv. A Munsif.

v. A police officer not below the rank of Sub-Inspector incharge of Police

station.

vi. Post Master, a Departmental Sub-Post Master or an Inspector of Post Office.

vii. Officers of the Reserve Bank of India and other PSBs in respect of pensioners

drawing pension from Banks.

viii. The head of the village Panchayat, Gram Panchayat or Head of an

executive committee of a village.

ix. Retired Commissioned Officers of the Armed Forces in respect of pension bill

form IAFA-319 of Commissioned