---
title: "DLC Campaign Hits 40 Lakh Life Certificates in 5 Days"
description: "Union Minister Jitendra Singh said Campaign 5.0 is running 60 percent ahead of last year's early pace, with Aadhaar face scans on Jeevan Pramaan doing most..."
url: "https://bharat.digital/originals/digital-life-certificate-campaign-5-40-lakh-face-auth-nov-2026/index.md"
canonical: "https://bharat.digital/originals/digital-life-certificate-campaign-5-40-lakh-face-auth-nov-2026/"
published: "2026-11-07T04:47:35+04:00"
updated: "2026-11-07T04:47:35+04:00"
section: "Originals"
type: "startup"
author: "bharat.digital desk"
image: "https://bharat.digital/img/originals/digital-life-certificate-campaign-5-40-lakh-face-auth-nov-2026-auto-34d104ca-og.jpg"
language: "en-IN"
site: "bharat.digital"
---

# Digital life certificates hit 40 lakh in five days as face authentication takes nearly 80 percent of filings

*Union Minister Jitendra Singh said Campaign 5.0 is running 60 percent ahead of last year's early pace, with Aadhaar face scans on Jeevan Pramaan doing most of the work through 30 November.*

By bharat.digital desk. Startup, Startups & Fintech. Published 2026-11-07T04:47:35+04:00. 1 min read.

![Digital life certificates hit 40 lakh in five days as face authentication takes nearly 80 percent of filings](https://bharat.digital/img/originals/digital-life-certificate-campaign-5-40-lakh-face-auth-nov-2026-auto-34d104ca-hero.webp)

## At a glance

- Company: Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare (Jeevan Pramaan)
- What it does: Government digital pension verification drive using Aadhaar face authentication on Jeevan Pramaan
- Based in: New Delhi
- Latest: DLC Campaign 5.0 early results: 40 lakh certificates, ~80% face authentication
- Date: 2026-11-06

Union Minister of State Dr. Jitendra Singh said nearly 40 lakh digital life certificates were generated in the first five days of Nationwide Digital Life Certificate Campaign 5.0, about 60 percent more than the roughly 25 lakh filed in the same stretch last year, The Economic Times reported on 6 November. Face authentication accounted for nearly 80 percent of those certificates, up from 61 percent a year earlier, as pensioners used the Jeevan Pramaan app instead of standing in bank queues.

The Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare is running the month-long drive through 30 November with banks, India Post Payments Bank, UIDAI, MeitY, Railways, defence accounts and pensioners' associations. A PIB note ahead of the formal launch said the campaign would cover more than 2,000 cities and towns, with doorstep help for super-senior pensioners, women and people who cannot travel. Moneycontrol explained that eligible central and state pensioners, and defence pensioners on SPARSH, still need an annual life certificate to keep payments flowing.

Officials at the launch briefing said camps are running at nearly 3,000 locations, including remote areas, and that face authentication has become the default path for most new certificates. The push matters for India's digital identity stack: Aadhaar face auth on a phone is now the main way millions of pensioners prove they are alive each November, cutting branch visits while keeping the certificate in a repository that disbursing agencies can check online.

Last year's full campaign produced about 1.92 crore digital life certificates, of which around 1.17 crore used face authentication, Singh said. Campaign 5.0 is trying to widen that share further before the 30 November deadline, with banks and post offices still offering assisted filing for pensioners who need help with lighting, internet or Aadhaar updates.

## Sources

1. [The Economic Times: Digital life certificates cross 40 lakh in first 5 days](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/digital-life-certificates-cross-40-lakh-in-first-5-days-of-campaign-up-60-from-last-year/articleshow/135610902.cms)
2. [PIB: Dr Jitendra Singh to formally launch Nationwide DLC Campaign 5](https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2333041)
3. [Moneycontrol: Union minister launches Nationwide Digital Life Certificate Campaign 5.0](https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/personal-finance/union-minister-jitendra-singh-launches-nationwide-digital-life-certificate-campaign-5-0-know-how-to-submit-jeevan-pramaan-online-14073185.html)

Written by the bharat.digital desk from the sources above. Figures are as reported by those sources.