DIFFICULTY IN IDENTIFYING THE TYPE OF PENSION IN SPARSH

 

Dear veteran brothers,

Earlier days, the Type of pension  was easily identified by Prefix in the PPO numbers.

Later on , in the Digitalized  EPPOs, the Type of Pension was known by the Suffix in

 The  PPO numbers.

Now , after Migration to new system SPARSH, we can not identify the Type of pension by the PPO number.

We can find out by the PPO copy only.,  not by the PPO number.

Many of our pensioners/ Family pensioners are not having copy of Sparsh PPO. Thus the difficulty.

We furnish the  examples of all the 3 types-  Original, EPPO and Sparsh  PPO numbers .

Original PPO:  

Service Pension for Pensioners:     S/ 12345/ 84

Ordinary Family pension          :   F/NA/ 12345/84

Spacial Family pension             :   F/ 12345/84

Liberalised Family pension      :  F/BC/12345/84

Disability element/pension     : D/12345/84,      D/RA/12345/84

War injury pension                   : D/ BC/ 12345/84

AS PER EPPO

The EPPO  will have 16 digits.  12 + 4

Example:   1 85 2016 00216- 0199

No. 1 for Army,  85 For AMC  RO code, 2016 –year of discharge  and 00216 for running PPO number

The last 4 numbers for type of pension.

Say  EPPO No. for   Ordinary Family pension:   185201600216-3000

                                  Special  Family pension   :   185201600216-3300

                          Liberalised   Family pension   :   185201600216-3700

Likewise  for all Types of pensioners.

Now  as per SPARSH  PPO numbers ; 

Example:   205 1993 00216       Only 12 number and   Corr no 1, 2, 3 etc.

We can  see the Type of pension , in the Copy of PPO, some where  at the bottom.

If there is no Sparsh PPO copy available, we cannot ascertain the Type of pension by the PPO number alone.   This is the difficulty .

All our ESM Associations and  learned veterans may take up the issue with higher ups.