Is. Deadline has been declared for this. The ministry has said that till now more than 3.19 lakh pensioners have not done this necessary work. Defense pensioners will have to do this work as soon as possible to get monthly pension continuously. Pensioners have also been told the method for certification.

Ministry of Defense has requested all the Defense pensioners to complete the annual identity/life certificate for continuous and timely credit of monthly pension. All pensioners should complete this process by 20 February 2023. Let us tell you that even before this, the ministry has informed the pensioners many times for life certification.

The Defense Ministry had earlier approved the extension of pension payment by three months for pensioners of banks who had moved to the Sparsh facility and whose identification was to be made in November 2022. According to the Defense Accounts Department, 3,19,366 defense pensioners who got pension through Sparsh have not yet completed their annual recognition. It is mandatory that such pensioners complete the annual identity or life verification before the deadline.

Annual identity/life verification can be done through the following means.

• Pensioners can complete the annual identity/life verification by logging on to https://sparsh.defencepension.gov.in/ and opting for the following.
• Download and upload Manual Life Certificate (MLC) duly signed by the authorized signatory.
• By opting for Aadhaar based Digital Life Certificate (DLC).
• Pensioners can visit the nearest DPDO or Defense Accounts Service Center to complete their annual identification or life certification. Apart from this, he can also visit the service center set up by SBI, PNB, Bank of Baroda, HDFC Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank.
• Android users through Digital Jeevan Pramaan Online/Jeevan Pramaan Face App.

• Installation and usage details can be found here- https://jeevanpramaan.gov.in/package/documentdowload/JeevanPramaan_FaceApp_3.6_Installation

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Let us tell you that in the cabinet meeting held on Friday, the amendment in One Rank One Pension was approved by the Modi government. After the meeting, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said that along with the pensioners, the widows of the soldiers who died in the war and disabled pensioners will also get its benefit. He told that 25 lakh pensioners will get its benefit and the government will have an additional burden of about Rs 8500 crore.

What’s new

According to the decision of the Union Cabinet, the pension of the previous pensioners will be re-fixed on the basis of the average of the minimum and maximum pension of the Defense Force retirees of the calendar year 2018 in the same rank with the same length of service. This means that the pension will also be the same for the same rank retired from the armed forces. Talking about the cut-off date, the pension of Armed Forces/Family Pensioners has been revised from 1st July 2019.

#ओआरओपी के तहत सशस्त्र बल कार्मिकों/ फैमिली पेंशनभोगियों की पेंशन में संशोधन। दिनांक 01.07.2019 से लागू सर्विस पेंशन में रैंक के अनुसार वृद्धि पढ़ें। pic.twitter.com/gIBAE89pxS

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Who will get benefit?

Revision of pension under the OROP scheme will benefit the Armed Forces personnel retiring by June 30, 2019. However, those who retired prematurely from July 1, 2014 have not been included in the amendment. The amendment will benefit more than 25.13 lakh armed forces pensioners and family pensioners. It also includes more than 4.52 lakh new beneficiaries.

The cabinet also decided that pension will be protected for above average drawals and its benefits will be extended to family pensioners including war widows and disabled pensioners.

Rank wise increase in service pension from 1 July 2019

When will I get the arrears of One Rank One Pension?

Under the One Rank One Pension Scheme, the arrears will be paid in 4 half-yearly installments. This decision has been taken by the cabinet. However, arrears of all family pensioners including special/liberalised family pension and gallantry award winners will be paid in one instalment.

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