Pensioners need not go to banks

Pensioners need not go to banks
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Pensioners need not visit banks to give proof of their life for continuation of pension, the Centre informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

​New Delhi: Pensioners need not visit banks to give proof of their life for continuation of pension, the Centre informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. There is no procedural complication in the disbursement of pension or family pension of a Central government pensioner or family pensioners.

It is credited regularly to their pension account and it does not require the pensioners' physical presence in the pension disbursing bank, Minister of State for Personnel, Public grievances and Pensions Jitendra Singh said in a written reply.

"Further, a pensioner or family pensioner need not visit the bank even for submitting life certificate, which can either be submitted online through Aadhaar-based biometric authentication or be signed by a person designated by the government for this purpose," he said.

In case a pensioner sends intimation about his serious illness, a nominee of the bank visits the pensioner at home for recording his life certificate, Singh said.

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