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.
