500 Defence pensioners attend ‘Sparsh’ prog

PNS|VISAKHAPATNAM

An Outreach Programme on SPARSH Online Pension System was conducted by the Controller of Defence Accounts, Chennai at the Area Accounts Office (Navy), Visakhapatnam on Tuesday. K Rama Mohana Rao, Chairman Visakhapatnam Port Authority honoured the occasion as Chief Guest and delivered a special address to the pensioners on the benefits of the SPARSH Programme. Over 500 Ex-servicemen, retired Defence Civilians and their families from Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam Districts attended the Programme. The Ministry of Defence under the Central Govt. has rolled out a Sparsh Portal and Module for Pensioners as a ‘One Stop One Solution’ for all Defence / Defence Civilian Pensioners.

T Jayaseelan, CDA, Chennai has clarified the doubts which were raised by all Pensioners. Shri Siva Shankar Bandi, DCDA, AAO (Navy) Vizag also participated in the Outreach programme where the benefits of the new system have been explained and Pensioner’s doubts have been clarified and their grievances were noted for early resolution. The Programme was very useful to the Pensioners consequent on the migration of their Pension Account from the legacy system to the new system Sparsh.

Controller of Defence Accounts, Chennai is conducting Sparsh Outreach Programmes at various places located in the States of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.