Relevance for Banking, SSC & RBI Grade B exams: Polity & Governance
The Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare is organising the fifth nationwide Digital Life Certificate (DLC) campaign from 1 to 30 November 2026, the largest such drive to date, with camps set up across 2,000 districts and cities. The campaign uses face-authentication technology to digitally empower pensioners, aiming to process 2.3 crore DLCs—including 1.5 crore face-authenticated ones—through a saturation model involving 19 banks, 785 district post offices, 56 welfare associations, the Ministry of Electronics & IT, UIDAI, CGDA, Railways, DoT, EPFO and state governments. This initiative aligns with the government’s push for digital governance and financial inclusion, a key theme often tested in Banking and SSC exams where questions on welfare schemes and digital public infrastructure are common.
For RBI Grade B aspirants, the campaign highlights the intersection of technology and governance, particularly how face-authentication systems enhance security and accessibility in pension disbursements. The collaboration between multiple institutions underscores the importance of inter-ministerial coordination in policy implementation, a concept relevant to economic and administrative sections of the exam. SSC candidates may encounter questions on the role of digital certificates in streamlining government services, while Bank PO exams could test awareness of how such campaigns support financial inclusion and reduce fraud in pension distribution.
Source: PIB (Press Information Bureau)
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