Important news has arrived for those benefiting from the Social Security Pension Scheme. Life verification for 1.357 million beneficiaries in the state has not yet been completed. Taking this matter seriously, the Social Welfare Department has appealed to the beneficiaries to complete their life verification as soon as possible. This process is considered essential for transparency in the regular pension benefit and distribution system.

Verification of 88.37 percent beneficiaries completed
According to the data of Social Welfare Department of Bihar Government, there are a total of 1 crore 16 lakh 71 thousand 188 beneficiaries of Social Security Pension Scheme in the state. Out of which life verification of 1 crore 3 lakh 13 thousand 620 beneficiaries has been completed. However, verification of 13 lakh 57 thousand 568 beneficiaries is still pending. Till now life verification of 88.37 percent of the total beneficiaries has been completed. The department has appealed to the remaining beneficiaries to complete this process as soon as possible.

Madhubani district leads the state in the number of beneficiaries who have completed life certification
. Here, 509,290 pensioners have already completed the certification.

The figures for other districts are as follows:
- Madhubani: 509,290 beneficiaries have been certified
- Patna: 491,125 beneficiaries have been certified
- East Champaran: 485,930 beneficiaries have been certified
- Muzaffarpur: 462,294 beneficiaries have been certified
- Samastipur: 435,744 beneficiaries have been certified

Patna district is at the top in the number of pensioners.
Patna district is at the top in terms of the total number of beneficiaries of the Social Security Pension Scheme in the state. There are a total of 6 lakh 17 thousand 153 pensioners in this district. After this, 5 lakh 88 thousand 855 in Madhubani district, 5 lakh 66 thousand 316 in East Champaran, 5 lakh 20 thousand 559 in Muzaffarpur and 5 lakh 7 thousand 191 beneficiaries in Gaya district are associated with these schemes.

Life certification is required for regular pension payments.
Life certification verifies that pensioners are alive. This makes it possible to provide regular pension benefits to eligible beneficiaries and to keep the distribution of government funds more transparent. The report states that Bihar's Social Welfare Minister, Dr. Shweta Gupta, has emphasized extending social security pension benefits to eligible citizens.

In the meantime, beneficiaries whose life certification is pending should not delay completing this process. Pending certification could impact pension disbursements; however, the information available so far does not conclude that all beneficiaries' pensions will automatically be discontinued. Therefore, beneficiaries should consult the relevant department for information on the official process and deadlines.

PC: Navarashtra