New Delhi, Nov 5 (PTI) Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh on Wednesday launched a nationwide campaign to promote digital life certificates (DLCs) among pensioners, and said the idea behind the reform was "born out of empathy for the elderly".

The month-long Digital Life Certificate Campaign 4.0 will continue till November 30. More than 21 lakh DLCs have already been generated in the past four days, an official said.

Pensioners are required to submit a life certificate every year to continue receiving their pension. Earlier, these certificates had to be submitted only in physical format, which often caused inconvenience to senior citizens.

In November 2014, an Aadhaar-based system for online submission of digital life certificates, Jeevan Pramaan, was launched by Prime

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