Defence Pension / SPARSH Verification

Name Of The Post

Defence Pension / SPARSH Verification — CGDA

Last Updated

9th May 2026

Highlighted Information

Verify defence pensioner records on SPARSH — System for Pension Administration (Raksha).

Short Information

SPARSH (System for Pension Administration — Raksha) is the integrated pension administration platform of the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare and the Controller General of Defence Accounts. Approximately 33 lakh defence pensioners — Army, Navy, Air Force, defence civilians, and family pensioners — manage their PPO, Aadhaar seeding, life-certificate submission and grievance redress through SPARSH. Each PPO carries a 12-digit PPO Number; the holder verifies pension status, monthly remittance and DR/DA arrears on the portal. Banks (PDA — Pension Disbursing Authorities) push transaction confirmations back into SPARSH for end-to-end reconciliation. Service Records Officers approve PPO corrections through the same workflow.

Department

Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA), Ministry of Defence

Stage Level

National

Form Instructions

To verify a SPARSH defence pension record: 1) Visit https://sparsh.defencepension.gov.in/Login.
2) Sign in with PPO Number, date of birth, and registered mobile/OTP.
3) The dashboard shows current monthly pension, DR component, last remittance date, PDA branch and life-certificate status.
4) Citizens (verifiers) cross-check PPO authenticity with the pensioner; bulk verification is restricted to registered banks.
5) Annual life certificates are submitted via Jeevan Pramaan or SPARSH's biometric-capture kiosks at Defence Pension Adalats.
6) Helpline: 011-25665580.

Common Information

Job Type

Permanent

Exam Mode

Offline Computer Based

Applicants Gender

All

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