<span style="color: #222222;">The Government has requested all the defence pensioners drawing pensions through the System for Pension Administration (Raksha) or SPARSH to complete annual identification by the 20th of February. The Defence Ministry said, the completion of the annual Identification or Life Certification is a statutory requirement for the continued and timely credit of the monthly pension.<br />''<br />''SPARSH is a web-based system for processing pension claims and crediting the pension directly into the bank accounts of defence pensioners without any external intermediary. The system is being implemented by the Ministry of Defence for meeting the pension, sanction and disbursement requirements of the Armed Forces.</span><br />