Pensioners in UP can now submit life certificates online

LUCKNOW: Pensioners in the state, most of whom are senior citizens, would no longer have to trudge to banks or treasury offices to submit their life certificates, with the state government deciding to make the procedure online.
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s announcement on Wednesday will benefit 6.5 lakh former government employees and thousands of private sector pensioners. At least 4 lakh retired government employees and 2.5 lakh under government-aided departments will benefit, said a finance department official. The CM directed the finance department to develop a procedure to allow online submission and publicize it extensively. The procedure of submitting certificates by beneficiaries to prove they are alive and should continue to receive pension begins in November each year.
Now, they can submit certificates through common facility centres and receive pension without unnecessary running around, the CM said.