EPFO Issues Letter to all Additional Central Provident Fund Commissioner and Regional Provident Fund Commissioners to Promote Facial Authentication Technology

EPFO has launched targeted promotional champaign to increase adoption of Facial Authentication Technology (FAT) for submission of Digital Life Certificate (DLC) which will reduce the dependence of pensioners on banks and other intermediaries for updation of DLCs.

The field offices are requested to coordinate with banks to facilitate smooth updation of life certificates. Pension disbursing banks must deploy iris scanners and fingerprint scanner for this purpose. A prominent display of Facial Authentication facility and procedure. The concerned banks shall also educate the pensioners about using their mobile phones to update DLC.

Field offices shall hold awareness sessions with employers’ associations and all employees’ unions among such other strategies must be adopted to facilitate services related to DLC.