It is legitimate for persons retiring from the civil or military service to expect that their pension will be accurately calculated and sanctioned on time, lump sum of gratuity and commuted value of ...

Some of the women officers HT spoke to said financial stress had led to anxiety and depression as they were struggling to repay loans and living off their provident funds. Several women army officers ...

New Delhi [India], September 23 (ANI): System for Pension Administration - Raksha (SPARSH) has resolved legacy discrepancies--upto the extent of 5.60 lakh out of 6.43 lakh cases (87%)--ensuring ...

The former servicemen are facing pension woes after the government switched to a new online pension disbursing system, controlled by the Allahabad-based Principal Controller of Defence Accounts ...

System for Pension Administration - Raksha (SPARSH) has resolved legacy discrepancies--upto the extent of 5.60 lakh out of 6.43 lakh cases (87%)--ensuring protection of entitlements of defence ...

The three-day ‘delay’ in disbursement of pension to 58,759 defence pensioners for the month of April generated quite an outrage earlier this month. Interestingly, there were another 120,000 ...

For five months now, Army veteran Lt Col RK Bharadwaj (retd) has been running an online campaign to highlight serious problems being faced by many defence veterans in accessing pension benefits ...

Of the total 32 lakh defence pensioners, approximately 31 lakh have been onboarded on System for Pension Administration - Raksha (SPARSH) and their pensions are being directly credited into their bank ...

As part of its ongoing initiative towards the smooth implementation of ‘SPARSH’ - System for Pension Administration (Raksha), Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (PCDA), Bengaluru conducted an ...

Pension of 2.40 lakh Sparsh (System for Pension Administration ‘Raksha’) migrated ex-servicemen across the country may be put on hold this month as they have not submitted their annual life ...

New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence on Thursday said all defence pensioners drawing pension through System for Pension Administration (Raksha) or SPARSH should complete annual identification by 20 ...

The Defence Ministry on Wednesday requested defence pensioners who are yet to complete their annual identification/life certification to complete the process by 25 May “to ensure smooth processing of ...