<span style="color: #222222;">The System for Pensions Administration- RakSHa (SPARSH) has achieved a major milestone of successfully on-boarding nearly five lakh Defence Pensioners onto the platform. Defence Ministry has implemented SPARSH for pensioners of the Indian Armed Forces as well as Defence Civilians as an integrated system for automation of sanction and disbursement of defence pension. The Ministry said, SPARSH has grown exponentially since its inception, with more than 11,600 crore rupees has been disbursed in the last financial year.</span><br />