SPARSH

214th SPARSH Outreach Programme Held in Kerala

The Controller of Defence Accounts (CGDA) organized the 214th SPARSH Outreach Programme in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, on October 16, 2025. Inaugurated by Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, the event saw over 1100 defence veterans and family pensioners in attendance. The Governor distributed cheques worth Rs 40 lakh to five pensioners and honored

SPARSH

SPARSH Enhances Defence Pension Administration

The System for Pension Administration – Raksha (SPARSH) has successfully resolved 87% of legacy discrepancies in defence pensions, significantly improving grievance redressal times from 56 days to 20 days. Currently, 31.54 lakh defence pensioners are onboarded on SPARSH, which has also conducted over 100 outreach events and disbursed ₹1,57,