By Bizodisha Bureau, Bhubaneswar, November 9, 2015 : The Odisha government on Monday launched a portal to facilitate lakhs of pensioners in getting digital life certificates for disbursement of pensions from state treasuries without their physical presence.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik dedicated the ‘Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS)’ portal of Finance department to the people and flagged off the launching of ‘Digital Life Certificate Initiative’—Jeevan Pramaan at the state secretariat here.

Notably, Odisha has been one of the few states in the country to implement the IFMS in the country with a focussed approach and clear implementation strategy.

“I hope these two e-governance initiatives will make it more user-friendly. I appreciate the efforts taken by the officials of the Finance department and Directorate of Treasuries and Inspection. I call upon Collectors, Treasury Officers and Branch Managers of the authorised banks disbursing pension to ensure that the Digital Life Certificate initiative is implemented with all sincerity in the interest of the pensioners of the state,” Mr Patnaik added.

The state government pensioners drawing pension from different Treasuries and banks would now be enabled to generate Digital Life Certificate through Aadhaar based biometric devices installed in all 165 Treasuries of the state.

The pensioners can also generate and submit Digital Life Certificate at their place through the Jeevan Pramaan Portal.

With this initiative, the pensioners would no longer be required to be physically present before the Pension Disbursing Officer. It will mitigate the hardship faced by the aged and infirm pensioners who find it difficult to present themselves before the designated agencies to secure a life certificate.