Over Rs 3,090 Cr Disbursed To Pensioners Under SPARSH System: Centre

The Ministry of Defence on Friday said that the system for pensions administration – System for Pensions Administration Raksha (SPARSH) has disbursed more than Rs 3,090 crore to defence pensioners digitally in August 2022. 

The ministry added that a total of 5,62,946 defence pensioners migrated successfully onto the digital platform of SPARSH in August 2022. 

"The total number of pensioners onboarded to SPARSH has crossed over the one million mark with 11 lakh beneficiaries, which is nearly 33 per cent of the total defence pensioners in India," it added. 

SPARSH is a web-based system processing pension claims and crediting the pension directly into the bank accounts of defence pensioners without any external intermediary. 

"It has grown exponentially with more than Rs 11,600 crores disbursed in the financial year 2021-22, from just about Rs 57 crore in FY 2020-21," added the ministry.