SPARSH- IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL PENSIONERS.
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Please note that all our Pension processing is meant to be transferred from the Banks to SPARSH portal of PCDA (P) Allahabad. However to begin with all Post Jan 2016 pensioners have been migrated to SPARSH.When your account is migrated from the Bank's CPPC to PCDA(P)’s SPARSH you will get an SMS giving your username and password for SPARSH Login at portal https://sparsh.defencepension.gov.in/ .
Ensure you save this information and use it for registering on the SPARSH portal. All details on SPARSH - are available on the PCDA portal https://pcdapension.nic.in › pcda › oc-sparsh ( Also ref their Circular No 647).
PROGRESS SO FAR
1. The first phase of Migration of Pension from Legacy System to SPARSH was commenced wef 17 November 2021. During this phase around 5 Lakh Post 2016 Defence Pensioners (From Jan 2016 to Aug 2021) were migrated to SPARSH by the end of April 2022.
From 23 August 2022, the second phase of Migration of Pension started and during this phase the Pre 2016 Defence Pensioners are being migrated to SPARSH. The process of migration is still in progress right now. Some of the Migrated Pensioners have also received e-mail/SMS from SPARSH regarding creation of their SPARSH account, Pensioner Id, Username & Password to login their portal.
2. In due course of time, every SPARSH Pensioner will be allotted with a 12 digit Pensioner ID number. It should be kept in mind that, your 12 digit Pensioner ID is your SPARSH PPO No too. Another important fact is that, if you add 01 to your Pensioner ID as Suffix, then this 14 digit number will be your SPARSH Username to login your SPARSH account.
For example, if your Pensioner ID is 236201500203, then your SPARSH PPO No is also the same 236201500203 and your Username is 23620150020301.
The Password as forwarded by SPARSH, is a System Generated Password & it should be changed immediately and a new Strong Password should be created by the Pensioner for the Safety & Security of his SPARSH Account. Ok
3. Now let's analyse how the SPARSH PPO number has been allotted to the Pensioners. Actually the SPARSH PPO number is assigned in a logical way and here each digit has its own indication.
4. The SPARSH PPO No is a 12 digit number. Out of 12 digits, the first three digits ( from L to R) indicate the Service and Category of the Pensioner. Here Service refers to - Army, Navy, Air Force & Defence Civillian and Category refers to - Officer & Personnel Below Officer Rank (PBOR). Details of the same is enumerated below --
101 - Army Officers
102 - Army officers of AMC, RVC, MNS, ADC & TA
201 to 250 - Army PBOR
301 - Navy Officers
401 - Navy PBOR
501 - Air Force Officers
601 - Air Force PBOR
402 - Defence Civilian Officers
701 - IDAS (Indian Defence Accounts Service) Officers
801 - Defence Civilian PBOR.
5. For further clarity of the above facts, let's take an example of a SPARSH PPO No, so to say - 236201500203. For better understanding, let's re-arrange the 12 digits of this PPO number will be - 2 36-2015-00203.
(a) The 1st digit ( 2) indicates the Pensioner is from Army (because 1 & 2 is allotted to Army). And the 2nd & 3rd digit ( 36) indicate the Record office of the Pensioner. Record Offices of the Army have been allotted Code numbers from 01 to 50. In this series, 36 is allotted to AEC Records. Hence 236 indicates that, this PPO belongs to an Army Pensioner & his RO is AEC Records. Some other Record Offices have been allotted the following codes -
ASC (S) Records - 40
ASC (MT) Records - 41
MEG Records - 22
and so on......
(b) 4th to 7th digit ( 2015) indicate the Year of Retirement of the Pensioner.
(c) 8th to 12th digit, that means the last five digits indicate the Running serial number of PPO. In this case it is 00203
6. Further, when the first Corrigendum PPO is generated, 01 is added with the PPO number as suffix. For Example : 236201500203-01 . If second Corrigendum PPO is generated 02 will be added as suffix and so on.....
7. Action to be taken by Pensioners after getting message from SPARSH :-
(a) Open the SPARSH Website by typing - sparsh.defencepension.gov.in and once the Website is opened, Login to your SPARSH Account by using the valid Username & Password as forwarded to you through email/SMS by SPARSH.
(b) Change the Password & create a Strong Password as per the instructions given therein.
(c) Next important task is PDV (Pensioner Data Verification). Unless & until your PDV is not completed, you can't proceed into your SPARSH Account.
(d) After completion of PDV, check your Pending Personal Data like Aadhaar, PAN, Home address etc. If not updated, complete the same.
(e) Once your Aadhaar & PAN is updated in your SPARSH Account, submit your DLC (Digital Life Certificate).
It should be borne in mind that, your DLC can only be submitted successfully in SPARSH, if your Aadhaar has already been updated in your SPARSH Account, otherwise not.
NOTE: We thank the SPARSH Pensioner of the First Phase Migration who has very kindly shared this information out of his experience. Big Thank You Sir from Signals Parivaar🙏
SPARSH SOME IMPORTANT ASPECTS
1. What is the SPARSH ? (System for Pension Administration (RAKSHA) (SPARSH) )
SPARSH is the acronym used for “System for Pension Administration Raksha” and is an integrated system for automation of sanction and disbursement of Defence Pension.
2. What does it imply ?
Physically your pension account remains in the same bank & branch but the processing activity which was being done by the bank’s CPPC gets shifted from the Bank to SPARSH under the aegis of PCDA(P) Allahabad. In effect it means that all activities related to your pension will now be with PCDA wef 01 Sep 2021.
3. How is it being Implemented ?
4. For Veterans and Veer Naaris:
i. s in July 2022 all Pensioners (Pre Sep 2021), of all Private & Nationalized Banks have been migrated from CPPC to SPARSH controlled by PCDA(P) Allahabad for disbursement of pension. Fifty percent of 30 Lakhs accounts of Defence Pensioners were transferred to SPARSH intially and the balance were planned wef March 2022.
ii. Thereafter banks CPPCs will have no role in the disbursement of your pension or redressal of any of your grievances related to your pension or accepting your life certificate.
FOR SERVING PERSONNEL
i. SPARSH is applicable to all retirees wef Sep 2021 onwards. That means those who are retiring wef Sep 2021 onwards, their pension documents have to be processed on line through SPARSH by respective Defence accounts sections through PCDA (P) Allahabad.
ii. It means an individual has to forward hard copy of his documents to respective Defence accounts as earlier and to be forwarded through mail, on id provided to respective records (for JCO & Ors etc.).
iii. Thereafter it will be uploaded online through SPARSH. Hence no more hard copies to be forwarded to PCDA (P)
Allahabad, as it used to be done earlier. Where many times there used to be delay in reaching documents to the concerned officer, documents used to get misplaced.
iv. All these retirees are and future retirees will be getting their pension through SPARSH.
6. Some Points/ Implication of the Changes:
a. Portal operating agency being CDA Pension, Allahabad, all PPO numbers are expected to be regenerated starting with numbers 101.....old PPO numbers are likely to be superseded.
b. All officers who have received their user ID and Password from PCDA pension Allahabad to log in at sparsh.defencepension.gov.in and validate their basic data.
c. Henceforth pension will be credited on the last day of the month.
d. If a new PPO number is allotted, kindly resubmit your Life certificate NOW with the new PPO number and select SPARSH as the pension disbursing authority.
e. Important: Once your pension is
transferred to SPARSH, every individual will get a USER NAME & PASSWORD message on their mobile to LOGIN ON SPARSH. Please save that message and once you login on SPARSH you can create your new password for security. This is just like logging into a bank site for checking our Salary slip and other issues related to our pension. However your pension account with the bank will remain the same.
f. Important: Once transferred to SPARSH - your PPO, corrigendum. Form 16. Life Certificate Pension slip, lodging of grievances - all will be on SPARSH. Hence please save your Login User ID and Password.
g. Updated PCDA SPARSH helplines & TOLL-FREE
Mobile 1800180532505322421877
05322421879
0532242188
- Services available on SPARSH for Pensioners/family Pensioner.
- How to change password on SPARSH.
- How to perform PDV on SPARSH.
- How to manage profile & perform identification including tracking.
- How to view PPO/Corr. PPO/LPC/Pension slip etc.
- How to lodge grievances on SPARSH(Payment related).
- Identification process in SPARSH
- Role of HOO(initiator and verifier) under SPARSH
- How to initiate Family Pension ( after disqualification of existing pensioner) on SPARSH
- How to intimate death of Pensioner on SPARSH
- Departmental Admin creation of new users.
- Departmental Admin, Editing/Updating of user details.
- Departmental admin, Swapping of users to posts.
PCDA Sparsh submit Life certificate :--
Lt Cdr. Jagtar Singh Cheema (Retd) email: cheemj@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI am now a Canadian citizen there for following questions have popped up in my mind:
• Will naval pensioners be also migrated?
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Yes Sir, All Pensioners incl Family Pensioners but for the provison of Non Consent when it comes.
DeleteOn 10-May-2022, at 10:15 AM, NAVPEN OFFICERS PENSION SECTION wrote:
ReplyDeleteSir,
Veterans Officers will be given an option “ Non consent” by PCDA(P) Prayagraj for migration onto SPARSH. The procedure is under process and it will be intimated to everyone on implementation.
Regards,
Officers Section
Naval Pension Office(NAVPEN)
Sion Trombay Road, Mankhurd
Mumbai – 400 088
Tel :- 022-2507 5608
A message received from BK DAS (IAF) is reproduced below on his visit to PCDA(P)
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Dear friends,
Today I visited PCDA (p) at draupadi ghat allahabad,pryagraj.
1.the office is located in a fully remote area next to river and no human habitat nearby.
2.it is approx 18 km ,Rs 500 from cac hqr by ola .
3.staff generally reaches at 10,o clock or so .for air force only Mr Dharmendra is there AS Mr Rajesh is shifted to Army sparsh.
4.I got chance to Mr Dharmendra who gave enough time to me and proved me that action are initiated but TCS can only do the correction so they remind them ,almost everyday but Tcs is slow or confused how to solve it . All cases are given one follow up number but outcome is nil or zero .all points submitted by me were accepted as genuine but in 2 months nothing is done or done incorrectly.
DPDO has no role in sparsh as in my case the DLC (Digital Life Certificate) forwarded from DPDO but not received by sparsh ,however the next LC date is now Nov 2022.so pension is through.not correct by sparsh so I submitted manual LC at PCDA(P).
the working condition is pathetic at PCDA specially that of staff.no internet with them so they are on IAn or something else.
only AO is having one desktop with net and it is on bsnl so performance is known to all of us.
presently 2016,17,18 is migrated with 70% mistakes and main problem is with family pension,almost all family pension are in problem . not understood reason to shift neither they are fully converted with tools to take over nor willing as staff is very less and can not be same output as bank cppc.
So far no instruction has come on consent or no consent of pensioners if it comes in future then they will do accordingly.
the main problem is DLC, migration of new sparsh PPO correctly and family pension . as they have just taken 15% of total vast pensioners migration the chaos at galore .
it will be just not possible to complete in next 10 yrs or so .
for new cases it is not so but old cases are in chaos.but still pension disbursement from cppc is much better and correct as same office should not be doing all the things.
iaf has one offr wg cdr Misra with 4men to pursue but with limited staff not possible at least 70 % staff of DAV should be atPCDA p.as now everything is centralized.
future is dark unless all pensioners take up for reverting back immediately . the unwillingness mail if orwarded to Mr Dharmendra are kept in file and will be implemented if such order comes.
as far as Navy guide lines are concerned he said is all false but can navy issue such order without ok from RM, MoD.
future is unknown and in confusion but full of harrassment to all of us.
god bless.
bk das
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From: Ravindra Waman Pathak
ReplyDeleteSent: Monday, May 9, 2022 12:51 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: [cdrpathak-9691] SPARSH
So far Wg Cdr Ravi Mani and I have sent mails to RM on SPARSH. All the mails are consolidated in the document attached (LINK to OPEN - https://1drv.ms/b/s!Atc9Cde_Z2uGoSfFMZChGh-yY0wC?e=bCq0OE) Yu may copy paste this link in your browser to read the document and get the insight on SPARSH as of today.