Pension Portal – SPARSH
- The SPARSH Pension Portal is being implemented for meeting pension sanction and disbursement for armed forced force, air force and defense civilians.
- This is a step towards disintermediation of services.
SPARSH Pension Portal: Vision
- Right pension at right time
- SPARSH is reliable and secure portal for all pension related activities.
SPARSH Pension Portal: Mission
- Centralized sanction, claim and disbursement of pension
- Easy validation and rectification of data through self verification with assured accuracy
- No need to visit multiple times pension office because digital process for pension identification.
- Real time tracking of pension related activities
- Resolution of any disputes / complains of pensioners
Pensioner Data Verification
- This portal ensures that the pensioner is in control of his pension account right from the time he applies to avail his pension.
- A person whose pension is due is on boarded on the portal at the time of processing of his pension claim.
- The Pensioner is allotted a unique account number once his digitized audited pension claim is ready for forwarding to PCDA (Pensions) for issue of Pension Payment Order.
- The Pensioner is informed of this account number on the mobile number/email address furnished by him at the time of furnishing his pension claim which he can use to onboard on this portal.
- Once the Service Record Holder and the corresponding Pay Accounts Office prepares the pension claim it is made available to the pensioner on the portal for verification. This process is called Pensioner Data Verification (PDV).
- PDV ensures that the pensioner has the final say with respect to the information furnished to the Pension Sanction Authority.
- The Portal also gives facility for the pensioner for requisite declarations/ nominations/requests for commutation.
- The portal also provides the option to the pensioner to use enabled services for quicker processing of his requests and signing of declarations making his experience a truly paperless and hassle free one.
SPARSH Pension Portal – Facilities to Pensioners
The SPARSH Portal provides the following facilities to the Pensioners
- Identification and furnishing of life insurance certificate on manually or Aadhaar based digital process
- Management of Pensioner’s Profile
- Disbursement related services
- Service Requests
- Interactive Grievance Management
- Pensioners will be notified events through mobile number / email address
Pre-Retirement
- Pensioner Data Verification
- Track pension claim
Post Retirement
Profile
- View pensioner profile
- Update pensioner profile
- Update dependent / family details
Track
- Track Service Request
- Track Grievance
- Track Migration Status
- Update Mobile
Pension
- View Entitlements
- Pension Slip
- Tax
Life certificate / Identification
- Digital life certificate
- Manual life certificate
- Declarations
For Family
- Death
- Missing
- Conviction
- Initiate Family Pension
Website of Pension Portal
What is full form of SPARSH?
- System for Pension Administration
Pensioner who migrates to SPARSH Portal
- Pensioner who migrates to SPARSH Portal visit this website
https://pcdapension.nic.in/pcda/index.php
- Migrated pensioners, who have not received their Login ID and Password, may visit to their Bank branch and submit their Life Certificate in usual manner as was being submitted prior to migration to SPARSH
- Update digital life certificate through Jeevan Praman Portal with SPARSH PPO No and PDA as SPARSH.
- Migrated pensioner can also visit the official you tube link to get any assistance with respect to performing of identification and any other help regarding operating of SPARSH portal.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMjRdkW_ElE1YMwLnpjJeXg
- Those Defense pensioners whose pension account has not been migrated to SPARSH may continue submitting their Annual Life Certificate to banks or PDA in normal manners.
How to Download Pension related Forms?
SPARSH Pension Portal service-related videos
How to change password on SPARSH
How to manage and perform identification including tracking
How to view PPO/LPC/Pension Slip
How to lodge grievances on SPARSH
Identification process in SPARSH
How to initiate Family Pension
How to intimate death of Pensioner on SPARSH
Departmental Admin Creation of New Users
Departmental Admin, Edition/Updating of User Details
Departmental Admin, Swamping of Users to Posts
Toll Free Number / Helpline Number
18001805325
SPARSH Pension Portal: Contact US
Principal Controller of Defense Accounts (Pensions),
Draupadi Ghat, Near Sadar Bazar, Prayagraj,
Uttar Pradesh – 211014.
How to Login to SPARSH Pension Portal?