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Which department of the Government of India runs the Nationwide Digital Life Certificate Campaign for pensioners?

  1. A.Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare
  2. B.Department of Financial Services
  3. C.Department of Personnel and Training
  4. D.Department of Expenditure

Correct answer

A. Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare

Explanation

The correct answer is the Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare. It sits in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, and its Secretary, Nivedita Shukla Verma, spoke at the launch of DLC Campaign 5 on 6 November 2026. She said the campaign aims at pensioners' welfare, ease of living, digital empowerment and dignity, and works as a whole-of-government effort with pension disbursing banks, the Ministries of Railways and Defence, the Department of Posts, UIDAI, State Governments and pensioners' associations. The Department of Financial Services, in option B, is not the department named as running the campaign, though banks take part. The Department of Personnel and Training, in option C, belongs to the same ministry but does not run this campaign. The Department of Expenditure, in option D, is also not the organiser. Only option A is the department behind the DLC campaign and other pension reforms such as CPENGRAMS.

Read the full article: DLC Campaign 5: 40 Lakh Life Certificates in 5 Days, Face Auth at 80%

Practice Questions

Q2.Government SchemesEasy

During the first five days of DLC Campaign 5, the share of Digital Life Certificates generated through face authentication rose to nearly what level?

  1. A.61 per cent
  2. B.70 per cent
  3. C.80 per cent
  4. D.90 per cent
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Correct answer: C. 80 per cent

Dr Jitendra Singh said that face authentication adoption surged from 61 per cent to nearly 80 per cent in the first five days of the campaign compared with the same period last year, which he read as rising trust among pensioners in technology.

Q3.Government SchemesHard

Under Special Campaign 6, the number of e-waste recyclers, refurbishers and producers enrolled on the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) rose from 38 to:

  1. A.More than 75
  2. B.More than 100
  3. C.More than 200
  4. D.More than 500
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Correct answer: C. More than 200

Building on the e-waste focus of the previous campaign, Special Campaign 6 worked with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, the Central Pollution Control Board, State Pollution Control Boards and the recycling industry to link government offices with authorised recyclers, refurbishers and producers.

Q4.Government SchemesMedium

Which ministry earned the highest revenue from scrap disposal during Special Campaign 6?

  1. A.Ministry of Coal
  2. B.Ministry of Railways (Railway Board)
  3. C.Ministry of Defence (Department of Military Affairs)
  4. D.Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
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Correct answer: B. Ministry of Railways (Railway Board)

It was followed by the Department of Military Affairs with ₹88.96 crore, the Ministry of Coal with ₹61.41 crore and the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas with ₹34.81 crore.