SPARSH Defence Pension Administration

Overview

The 2023 handbook describes SPARSH as a defence pension system supporting claim initiation, sanction, disbursement, revision, identification, profile management, service requests, and grievances. It records rollout from 1 September 2021 and assigns roles to several offices. Current portal access, responsibilities, documents, and support channels must be independently verified.

Who this applies to

The source covers specified Defence pension workflows and assigns different initiating offices by officer category. It does not itself determine pension eligibility or amount, and portal access does not replace approval by the competent pension sanctioning authority.

What the handbook says

• MP 5 and 6 of AG's Branch initiates claims and service or personal data for the specified Army officer categories.
• MPRSO performs the corresponding role for AMC and MNS officers.
• TA Directorate and NCC Directorate handle their respective officer categories.
• PCDA(O) initiator and verifier roles upload, check, audit, correct, and respond to discrepancies.
• PCDA(P), Prayagraj sanctions pension after Pensioner Data Verification and audit approval (2023 handbook, printed pp. 307-308; PDF pp. 318-319).

Role names and organisational ownership may have changed since the source edition and require confirmation.

What this means

SPARSH administers pension workflows; it does not itself establish pension eligibility or remove the need for sanction by the competent authority.

Rates and dates

The source records rollout from 1 September 2021 (2023 handbook, printed p. 307; PDF p. 318). These pages establish no monetary rate.

What you may need

After claim approval, the source says system credentials are sent through the registered mobile number or email for Pensioner Data Verification. The e-PPO then becomes available electronically following sanction.

Depending on the request, a pensioner may need identity, bank, service, nominee or dependant, death, tax-saving, or profile-correction documents. Post-sanction corrections may produce a corrigendum e-PPO.

Facility-centre support

The handbook lists support for life certificates, profile updates, reporting death, family-pension initiation, tax documents, password reset, PPO and pension-slip printing, grievances, and dependant documentation at the SPARSH Facility Centre. Availability and present channels must be checked directly.

Authorities and source references

• PCDA(O), Pune
• PCDA(P), Prayagraj
• AG's Branch MP 5 and 6
• MPRSO, TA Directorate, and NCC Directorate

The cited pages do not provide a formal rollout order number. That provenance gap must be resolved before publication.

About this guidance

This is a plain-language summary for general information. It is not an official order or an authority for a claim. Confirm the applicable order and your individual eligibility with the competent authority or PCDA(O) before acting.