Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare will be conducting the 5th Nation-wide Digital Life Certificate campaign in 2000 cities/ Districts across India from November 1-30, 2026. The department has notified the guidelines through O.M. dated 13th August, 2026. This is the biggest-ever DLC Campaign undertaken.
A Whole of Government approach will be adopted through coordination with Pension Disbursing Banks, India Post Payments Bank, Pensioners’ Welfare Associations, CGDA, DoT, Railways, EPFO, State Governments, UIDAI & MeitY with the objective of reaching pensioners in the remotest corners of the country.
The focus is majorly on promoting Face Authentication Technology. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and UIDAI will provide technical support during this Campaign. Face Authentication for Digital Life Certificate is a seamless and fast mode for DLC generation which can be used on Android as well as iOS, making it easy and convenient for elderly Pensioners.
DD, AIR and PIB teams are actively geared up to provide full support to this campaign for Audio, Visual and Print publicity. Outreach efforts will be further complemented by SMSs, tweets (#DLCCampaign5), Jingles and Short films to spread awareness about the campaign.
The Campaign will be conducted in an ‘Utsav’ mode by offering a bouquet of services such as such as Health Check-ups, Aadhar updation for pensioners. Doorstep services will be provided to pensioners where required. Grievance officers will handle grievances regarding DLCs with an immediate resolution approach.
The campaign will be monitored by senior officials from DoPPW who will carry out on-ground reviews in identified states. Mega Camps will be held by stakeholders in areas having high concentration of pensioners and these Mega Camps will be attended by Senior officials from DPPW.