India launches face recognition technology for pensioners

Launching the technology, Union Minister of State Dr Jitendra Singh said that this will bring ease of living for the retired and the elderly citizens

The Indian government on Monday introduced a unique face recognition technology for pensioners which is expected to benefit millions of pensioners.

Launching the technology, Union Minister of State Dr Jitendra Singh said that this will bring ease of living for the retired and the elderly citizens.

Singh said: Face Recognition Technique of giving Life Certificate is a historic and far-reaching reform, since it will touch the lives of not only 68 lakh (6.8 million) central government pensioners but also crores of pensioners who fall outside the jurisdiction of this Department such as Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), State Government Pensioners etc.

He thanked the National Informatics Center (NIC), the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology as well as Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) for devising this technology and making such an initiative of the Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare possible, the official press release said.

Singh said that the government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has always sought ‘ease of living’ for all sections of society including the retirees and pensioners who are the nation’s assets with all their experience and long years of service rendered by them. He also reiterated that during the Coronavirus pandemic too, the Department of Pension brought about several reforms for release of provisional pension/family pension.

The Minister said that the Department of Pension has been extensively using technology to achieve this end, be it the introduction of Digital Life Certificate or the introduction of an intelligent common software ‘Bhavishya’ for all Government of India Ministries for processing Pension cases.

He said: The effort in issuing Electronic PPOs and pushing the same in Digi locker is a huge step towards Ease of Living and transparency. The Department has also been bringing out e-booklets for Pensioner awareness and carrying out an Awareness campaign on Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, and other social media.

The informative films on social media have become quite popular showing a record number of hits, he added.

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