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Over 1 lakh people received SAMPANN project

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  • Published
    13th Dec, 2021

Over 1 lakh people have received pensions directly in their bank accounts through the SAMPANN project. 

 

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Over 1 lakh people have received pensions directly in their bank accounts through the SAMPANN project. 

About SAMPANN project

  • SAMPANN – ‘System for Accounting and Management of Pension’ is an ambitious project of Government of India being implemented by the Controller General of Communication Accounts, Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications. 
  • It was dedicated to the nation by the PM on 29th December, 2018. 
  • It is a seamless online pension processing and payment system for Department of Telecommunications pensioners. 
  • It provides direct credit of pension into the bank accounts of pensioners.
  • This also assisted the department to resolve pension cases and enabled ease of accounting.
  • SAMPANN has also been instrumental in settling close to 76000 BSNL Voluntary Retirement Scheme 2019 cases in a short span of 6 months.
  • SAMPANN is a system with a flexible design which enables it to accommodate ever expanding requirements.

Benefits of the project

  • Timely settlement of pension cases
  • Provision of e-Pension Payment Order
  • Login for each pensioner enables access to key information like payment history
  • Online submission of grievances and timely SMS alerts.

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