By Express News Service
Published: 10th November 2015 06:13 AM
BHUBANESWAR: In a bid to help pensioners, the State Government on Monday launched the Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS) and Digital Life Certificate Initiative - Jeevan Pramaan - to smoothen the entire process of drawing pension.
Pensioners drawing pension from different treasuries and banks will now be able to generate digital life certificates through Aadhaar based biometric devices installed in all 165 treasuries of the State. The pensioners can also generate and submit Digital Life Certificate through Jeevan Pramaan portal.
With this initiative, the pensioners will no longer be required to be physically present before the pension disbursing officer. The new initiative, Jeevan Pramaan, 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.
Odisha has been one of the few States in the country to implement the IFMS with a focused approach and clear implementation strategy.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik dedicated the IFMS portal under the Finance Department and launched the ‘Digital Life Certificate Initiative - Jeevan Pramaan’. “I hope the IFMS will improve governance through better financial management, enhance transparency and accountability by means of information and communication technology. The Digital Life Certificate will enable us to deliver a critical service through Aadhaar platform to senior citizens of the State who have retired after rendering service under the Government,” Naveen said.
Stating that e-governance initiatives will make it more user-friendly, the Chief Minister asked the Collectors, treasury officers and branch managers of authorised banks disbursing pension to ensure that the Digital Life Certificate initiative is implemented with all sincerity in the interest of pensioners of the State.