Ministry of
Defence
E-Pension Payment Order: New Step in the Right
Direction
14 MAY 2018
Furthering
the Digital India-initiatives of Govt. of India,
Principal Controller
of Defence Accounts(Pensions), Allahabad has
startedissuance of
electronic-Pension Payment Orders (e-PPOs) to the
pensioners along with
their Pension Disbursement Agencies viz., Banks,
Defence Pension
Disbursement Offices, Post Offices, etc. What began in
the first phase,
for all Commissioned Officers and JCOs/ORs of Armed
Forces from the
month of October 2017, has now been extended to all
defence pensioners
including defence civilians.Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Pensions), Allahabad is the sole agency under Ministry of Defence which sanctions Pensions for the Defence Services viz., Army, Coast Guard, Defence Research and Development Organization,General Reserve Engineer Force, Border Roads Organization, Military Engineering Services and other Defence organisations including Defence Account Department and Defence Civilians.
The shift from manual system to e-PPO system is expected to minimize delays in pension disbursement and further revision as and when needed. This initiative also eliminates the occurrence of human errors in data entry at multiple levels.
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