The Centre may soon scrap its ambitious online system of issuing digital life certificates to pensioners owing to privacy issues. Union Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievance sand Pensions Jitendra Singh today said the practice of submitting digital life certificates for continuation of pensions will soon be done away with. <br/><br/>Speaking at the inauguration of a workshop on Bhavishya an online pension sanction and payment tracking system for central government retirees Mr singh said the pensioners have assumed priority since there are more pensioners now than serving employees. <br/><br/>Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched Jeevan Pramaan an Aadhar based digital life certificate for pensioners last year. Certification was launched to do away with the requirement of a pensioner having to submit a physical life certificate each year, in order to ensure continuity of pension. According to an official data, about 9.27 lakh pensioners have already registered for it.