The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has extended the timeline for completing annual identification/life certification by those defence pensioners who are yet to complete the exercise, until June 25.
“The process of annual identification/life certification is a statutory requirement for continued and timely credit of monthly pension. In the absence of annual identification/life certification, the initial waiver was given till 25 May 2022 and the same has now been extended by MoD till June 25,” a statement from the MoD said on Thursday.