Comprehensive Guidelines for the Nation-wide Digital Life Certificate Campaign 4.0, November 1st to 30th, 2025

 F.No.1(2)/2025-P&PW(H)-10819

Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions
Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare

3rd floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan
Khan Market, New Delhi
Dated: 30th July, 2025

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Comprehensive Guidelines for the Nation-wide Digital Life Certificate Campaign 4.0, November 1st to 30th, 2025

The Digital empowerment of pensioners is the stated policy objective of the Government of India. In this regard, a Nationwide Digital Life Certificate Campaign is coordinated by the Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare annually from the 1st to 30th November. The large scale Campaign is executed in collaboration with Public Sector Banks, India Post Payments Bank, UIDAI, MeitY, Pensioners’ Welfare Associations and stake holder departments of Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Railways and Department of Posts. In the last three years, more than 4.50 crore DLCs have been generated by pensioners belonging both, to the State Governments and Central Government. The DLC Campaign 4.0 is proposed to be held in November 2025 in 2000 cities/towns across India.

Regarding UAN Activation and seeding Bank Account with AADHAAR for availing the benefits under ELI Scheme

कर्मचारी भविष्य निधि संगठन

Employees Provident Fund Organization

(श्रम एवं रोजगार मंत्रालय, भारत सरकार)

(MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA!

मुख्य कार्यालय/Head Office

प्लेट ए, ग्राउंडफ्लोर, ब्लॉक ॥ ईस्ट किदवई नगर, नई दिल्ली-110023

Plate A, Ground Floor, Block II, East Kidwal Nagar, New Delhi-110023

Website: www.epfindia.gov.in, www.epfindia.nic.in

No: ELI/UANActivation/2025/930083 

Date:30.05.2025 

To. 

Employers of all establishments covered under EPFO 

Subject: UAN Activation and seeding Bank Account with AADHAAR for availing the benefits under ELI Scheme-Extension up to 30th JUNE, 2025 regarding. 

Reference: 

EPFO Head Office Circular no: ELI/UAN/Activation/2024 Dated 22.11.2024
EPFO Head Office Circular no: ELI/UAN/Activation/2024 Dated 04.12.2024
EPFO Head Office Circular no: ELI/UAN/Activation/2024 Dated 20.12.2024
EPFO Head Office Circular no: ELI/UAN/Activation/2025 Dated 06.02.2025
EPFO Head Office Circular no: ELI/UAN/Activation/2025 Dated 21.02.2025
EPFO Head Office Circular no: ELI/UAN/Activation/2025 Dated 28.03.2025

Madam/Sir, 

You may kindly refer the subject and circulars mentioned above. 

Please refer to the circulars mentioned under references. In this connection, the competent authority has granted an extension of timeline for UAN Activation and AADHAAR seeding in Bank Account till 30th JUNE, 2025 

Adoption and implementation of Integrity Pact-Revised Standard Operating Procedure-regarding

CENTRAL VIGILANCE COMMISSION

Satarkta Bhawan, G.P.O. Complex,

Block A, INA, New Delhi-10023

No.015/VGL091/57856

Dated: 28.04.2025

CORRIGENDUM

Circular No. 03/04/25

Subject: Adoption and implementation of Integrity Pact-Revised Standard Operating Procedure-regarding

Reference is invited Commission’s Circular No. 015/VGL/091 dated 14.06.2023 on the aforementioned subject.

2. Para 4.6 of the above circular lays down that that “In case of a joint venture, all the partners of the joint venture should sign the Integrity Pact. In case of sub-contracting, the Principal contractor shall take responsibility of the adoption of IP by the sub-contractor. It is to be ensured that all sub-contractors also sign the IP. In case of sub-contractors, the IP will be a tri-partite arrangement to be signed by the organization, the contractor and the sub-contractor.”Integrity certification

Clarification regarding payment of Transport Allowance at double the normal rates to the persons with temporary disabilities – case of Shri Shamsher, SA, HRO Ambala reg.

File No.: 12-01/2022-PAP

Government of India

Ministry of Communications

Department of Posts

(P.A.P Section)

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhi – 110001

Date: 15.04.2025

To

The Chief Postmaster General.

Haryana Circle,

Ambala — 133 001.

Sub: Clarification regarding payment of Transport Allowance at double the normal rates to the persons with temporary disabilities – case of Shri Shamsher, SA, HRO Ambala reg.

Sir,

Allotment and activation of UAN through UMANG APP using FAT -reg.

Employees Provident Fund Organisation

(MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT. GOVERNMENT OF INCA)

Head Office

Plate A Ground Floor. Block II. 

East Kidwai Nagar. New Celhi-110023

No: WSU /Member Profile/E- 710137 /2025-26/17

Date: 08/Apr/2025

To,

All ACC (HQ)/ACC (Zones)

All RPFC-I/RPFC-II/APFC OICs

Subject: Allotment and activation of UAN through UMANG APP using FAT -reg.

Madam/Sir,

In order to simplify and to make the entire process of allotment and activation of UAN more robust, the following 3 facilities for Employees/Members have been introduced in the UMANG APP leveraging the Face Authentication Technology (FAT).

RBA No. 10/2025 -Regarding Pension fund Regulatory and Development authority (Operationalization of Unified Pension Scheme under national Pension System) Regulations -2025-

RBA No. 10/2025 -Regarding Pension fund Regulatory and Development authority (Operationalization of Unified Pension Scheme under national Pension System) Regulations -2025- 

भारत सरकार Government of India

रेल मंत्रालय Ministry of Railways

रेलवे बोर्ड (Railway Board)

RBA NO. 10/2025

No. 2025/ AC-I/21/9- Part(2)/ e 3493218

New Delhi, dated: 30.03.2025

General Managers,

All Zonal Railways/PUs

Sub:- Pension fund Regulatory and Development authority (Operationalization of Unified Pension Scheme under national Pension System) Regulations -2025- regarding.

Ref:- Board’s letter No. F(E)III/2025/UPS/1 dated 28.03.2025 (RBE No. 25/2025)

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Kind attention is invited to Board’s letter No. F(E)HI/2025/UPS/1 dated 28.03.2025 enclosing circular on PFRDA’s Gazette Notification No, PFRDA 12/01/0001/2023-legal dt.19.03.2025 regarding Operationalization Of Unified Pension Scheme Under National Pension System. As per these instructions, the employee covered under NPS shall have option to opt for UPS under the NPS scheme. The following instruction are issued for implementation.

I. Exercise of option:

(1) The Forms listed as Al, A2, B2 and B6 in Schedule I, of the Notification circulated with the above letter as may be applicable, may be submitted by the eligible employee online through the CRA portal or physically to the Head of Office or DDO.

Rate of Interest on GPF and other similar funds for Q1 of FY 2025-2026

Rate of Interest on GPF and other similar funds for Q1 of FY 2025-2026 w.e.f. 01st Apr, 2025: FinMin Resolution dated 01.04.2025

(TO BE PUBLISHED IN PART I SECTION 1 OF GAZETTE OF INDIA)

F.NO. 5(3)-B(PD)/2023

Government of India

Ministry of Finance

Department of Economic Affairs

(Budget Division)

New Delhi, the 01 April, 2025

RESOLUTION

It is announced for general information that during the year 2025-26, accumulations at the credit of subscribers to the General Provident Fund and other similar funds shall carry interest at the rate of 7.1% (Seven point one percent) w.e.f. 1st April, 2025 to 30th June, 2025, This rate will be in force w.e.f. 1st April, 2025. The funds concerned are: