IPPB to provide digital life certs in tie-up with EPFO

Mumbai: India Post Payments Bank, a 100% govt-owned entity under the Department of Posts, has signed an MoU with the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation to provide doorstep digital life certificate services to pensioners under the Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995.Under the partnership, IPPB will use its network of around 1.65 lakh post offices and over 3 lakh postal service providers equipped with doorstep banking devices. Pensioners will be able to submit their digital life certificates from home through face authentication or fingerprint biometric verification. EPFO will bear the entire cost, making the service free for pensioners and removing the need to visit banks or EPFO offices for paper-based certificates.The agreement was exchanged between IPPB MD & CEO R Viswesvaran and EPFO central provident fund commissioner Ramesh Krishnamurthi during the organisation’s 73rd Foundation Day in Delhi. Union labour and employment minister Mansukh Mandaviya attended the event as chief guest, along with secretary Vandana Gurnani, CBT members, and senior officials from both institutions.Viswesvaran said the collaboration aligns with the govt’s Digital India and Ease of Living vision and will help deliver services to pensioners, especially in rural and semi-urban areas, through IPPB’s vast technology-enabled postal network.