UPS Pension Blocked? Submit Your DLC by 30 Nov
PFRDA now lets Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) pensioners submit their annual Digital Life Certificate online via Aadhaar. Miss the 30 November deadline and your monthly pension could be paused until you comply.
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Skipping this one step costs more than 3 months of chai money — your entire pension stops.
Miss this date and your UPS pension payment could be stopped
Key Takeaways
Download the 'Jeevan Pramaan' app from the Google Play Store and link your Aadhaar number to your UPS pensioner account before November.
Test your biometric authentication early — if fingerprints fail, switch to the face-recognition option within the same app to avoid last-minute rejections.
Set a phone reminder for 1 November so you have a full 30-day buffer to resolve any technical issues before the 30 November hard deadline.
PFRDA now lets Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) pensioners submit their annual Digital Life Certificate online via Aadhaar. Miss the 30 November deadline and your monthly pension could be paused until you comply.
Here's what happened: PFRDA has enabled the Jeevan Setu Digital Life Certificate facility for pensioners under the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS), allowing Aadhaar-based online proof-of-life submission.. UPS pensioners are now required to submit a Digital Life Certificate (DLC) every year, with 30 November set as the annual compliance deadline.. The DLC can be submitted digitally via the Jeevan Pramaan app using biometric or face authentication, eliminating the need for a physical bank visit..
What you should do: Download the 'Jeevan Pramaan' app from the Google Play Store and link your Aadhaar number to your UPS pensioner account before November.. Test your biometric authentication early — if fingerprints fail, switch to the face-recognition option within the same app to avoid last-minute rejections.. Set a phone reminder for 1 November so you have a full 30-day buffer to resolve any technical issues before the 30 November hard deadline..
Pensioners above 80 years can submit their DLC from 1 October itself — a one-month head start granted specifically to senior pensioners to avoid deadline rush.
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- [1]“Corporate Law | PFRDA Enables UPS Jeevan Setu Digital Life Certificate Facility for Pensioners” taxguruin · 31 Oct 2026
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