It has been decided to additional extend the current timeline for submission of Life Certificate.
There is a piece of fantastic news for Central Government pensioners who have to submit the Life Certificate. After consultation with the workplace of Controller General of Accounts, it has been decided to additional extend the current timeline for submission of Life Certificate.
This year, all Central Government pensioners could submit Life Certificate from 1st November, 2020 onward, till February 28, 2021. Earlier in September, 2020, the extension of timeline for submission of Life Certificate by Central Government pensioners was extended from 1st November 2020 onward, till 31st December 2020. During this extended period, the pension will be continued to be paid by the Pension Disbursing Authorities (PDAs) uninterrupted.
The Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare, the Nodal Department to formulate policy on pension and retirement advantages of Central Government Civil Employees in its twitter deal with has uploaded the circular about the extension. It states that the timeline for submission of Life Certificate has been additional extended till February 28, 2021.
There had been several petitions from a variety of Pensioners’ Associations as nicely as people requesting a additional extension in the date for submitting Life Certificate, in view of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and the vulnerability of elderly population to Corona Virus.
The above measures are anticipated to prevent the rush at branches, stagger the submission of the LCs by the elderly population when sustaining social distancing, and to that extent, avoid the spread of Coronavirus. PDAs shall also make certain suitable arrangements and social distancing measures at the branches and avoid overcrowding. Every Central Government pensioner has to submit life certificate in the month of November for additional continuation of his/her pension. It has been observed that a substantial quantity of Central Government pensioners physically stop by bank branches for this objective.
Earlier, as a measure to allow more devoted time to incredibly senior pensioners, the pensioners in the age group of 80 years and above had been permitted to submit Life Certificate from 1st October onward as an alternative of 1st November, each and every year.