Ministry of Defence
Defence Accounts Department Achieves 100% Normalization of Air Force and Navy Pension Cases on SPARSH
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Source-grounded summary
The Defence Accounts Department (DAD) achieved 100% normalization of discrepant pension cases for the Indian Air Force and Indian Navy on the System for Pension Administration – Raksha (SPARSH) platform. Undertaken as a special drive in mission mode, DAD successfully normalized 1,12,638 Air Force cases and 32,544 Navy cases. Additionally, the Department made substantial progress regarding the Indian Army by normalizing 3,90,336 out of 3,94,779 discrepant cases, reaching 98.8% completion. The effort was led through focused examination, coordinated action, and close monitoring by the Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA) and the Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Pension).