{"id":57110,"date":"2025-07-28T14:23:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T08:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=57110"},"modified":"2025-09-25T16:59:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T11:29:51","slug":"system-for-pension-administration-raksha-sparsh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/system-for-pension-administration-raksha-sparsh\/","title":{"rendered":"System for Pension Administration (RAKSHA) (SPARSH)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>System for Pension Administration (RAKSHA) Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many ex-servicemen say the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sparsh-pension-system\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>SPARSH<\/strong><\/a> (System for Pension Administration Raksha) has only added to their troubles \u2014 from inaccessible interfaces to endless corrections that never seem to stick.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About System for Pension Administration (RAKSHA)<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an initiative of the<\/span><b> Ministry of Defence,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Government of India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Objective<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Meeting the<\/span><b> pension sanction and disbursement requirements for Armed Forces <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">viz. Army, Navy, Air Force and Defence Civilians.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>administered by<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>Defence Accounts Department<\/b> <b>through the Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Pensions)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Prayagraj <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and shall cater to all the three Services and allied organisations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Without relying on a third-party intermediary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, this web-based system handles pension claims, and <\/span><b>deposits pension payments into the bank accounts <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of defence pensioners.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>centralized <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sanction, claim and pension disbursement system with <\/span><b>easy validation and rectification of data through self-verification.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It uses a <\/span><b>digital process for pensioner identification, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">removing the requirement of multiple visits by pensioners to the pension offices.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The defence <\/span><b>pensioner <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be <\/span><b>given a completely transparent view of his pension account <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">through this platform.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will capture and maintain a <\/span><b>complete history of events and entitlements <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the pensioner right from the date of commencement of pension to the date of cessation of pension due to his\/her last eligible beneficiary.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The system would<\/span><b> cater to all activities of the pension cycle <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">namely<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Initiation and Sanction<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Disbursement<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Revision<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Service and Grievance Request Management.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/cities\/chandigarh\/military-pensioners-say-sparsh-portal-fails-them-10153051\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>System for Pension Administration (RAKSHA) is an initiative of the Ministry of Defence to meet the pension sanction and disbursement requirements for Armed Forces. 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