PPO can now be stored in ”DigiLocker” by the central civil pensioners, as a e-PPO according to an official statement issued on 26th August 2020.
The download link of the order copy is provided here.
Department of Pension and Pensioner’s Welfare (DoPPW) noticed that several pensioners over a period of time, misplace the original copies of their PPO, which, needless to say, is a very important original document to receive the pension to their account.
“In the absence of their PPO, these pensioners have to face innumerable hardships at various stages of their retired life. For newly retiring officials, in view of the widespread COVID-19 pandemic, it was a dilemma to physically receive hard copies of the PPO,” as per the circular issued by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
Accordingly, the DoPPW has decided to integrate the electronic Pension Payment Order (e-PPO), generated through the Public Finance Management System (PFMS) application of Controller General of Accounts, with DigiLocker, in order to enhance ease of living of central government civil pensioners.
This digital facility will enable any pensioner to obtain an instant printout of the latest copy of their PPO from their DigiLocker account, the ministry circular.
This initiative will create a permanent record of their respective PPO in their DigiLocker repository and instantly eliminate delays in reaching the PPO to new pensioners, as well as the necessity of providing a physical copy.
DigiLocker is a digital document wallet/repository for citizens that allows them to access important documents provided by the government and statutory authorities anytime and anywhere.
This (e-PPO to DigiLocker) project was a target set to be accomplished for civil ministries by 2021-22, Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the department completed this digital facility ahead of time.
It is very essential and helpful to keep old age pensioners away from direct physical contact of the document to prevent from infection.
It will also eliminate the physical follow up with the departments amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
This facility has been arranged and facilitated by Bhavishya software, which is a single-window platform for pensioners, right from the start of their pension processing until the end of the process.
This software shall now provide an option for retiring employees to link their DigiLocker with their Bhavishya account and obtain their e-PPO in a seamless manner as per the ministry circular.
How to link & download your PPO from DigiLocker App?
The following steps are needed to store e-PPO in Digi Locker:
• Bhavishya “provides option to retiring employees for linking their Digi-locker account with” Bhavishya “to get e-PPO.
• Above option is available to the retiree at the time of filling of retirement forms, as well as after submission of the forms.
• Retiree will sign into their Digi-locker account from Bhavishya and authorize Bhavishya to PUSH the e-PPO to Digi Locker.
• As soon as e-PPO is issued, it is automatically PUSHED into related Digi locker account and the retiree is informed about the same through SMS and Email by Bhavishya.
• To view/download the e-PPO, the retiree has to log into the Digi Locker account and simply click on the link.
What is DigiLocker?
DigiLocker is a flagship initiative of the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY) under the Digital India program.
DigiLocker aims at ‘Digital Empowerment’ of citizens by providing access to authentic digital documents to citizen’s digital document wallet.
The issued documents in DigiLocker system are deemed to be at par with original physical documents as per Rule 9A of the Information Technology (Preservation and Retention of Information by Intermediaries Providing Digital Locker Facilities) Rules, 2016 notified on February 8, 2017, vide G.S.R. 711(E).
Benefits of DigiLocker
Benefits to Citizens
- Important Documents Anytime, Anywhere!
- Authentic Documents, Legally at Par with Originals.
- Digital Document Exchange with the consent of the citizen.
- Faster service Delivery- Government Benefits, Employment, Financial Inclusion, Education, Health.
Benefits to Agencies
- Reduced Administrative Overhead: Aimed at the concept of paperless governance. It reduces the administrative overhead by minimizing the use of paper and curtailing the verification process.
- Digital Transformation: Provides trusted issued documents. Issued Documents available via DigiLocker are fetched in real-time directly from the issuing agency.
- Secure Document Gateway: Acts as a secure document exchange platform like payment gateway between the trusted issuer and trusted Requester/Verifier with the consent of the citizen.
- Real-Time Verification: Provides a verification module enabling government agencies to verify data directly from issuers after obtaining user consent.
REFERENCE AND LINK OF CIRCULAR ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA: DoPPW FOR INTEGRATION OF PPO WITH DigiLocker.
DoPPW to integrate e- Pension Payment Order with Digi Locker