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Migration of pre 2016 legacy pensioners has commenced irrespective of the year of commission. Presently about 11Lac pensioners of pre 2016 Era have been migrated and about 6Lacs of post 2016. As on last Friday, 17 lac pensioners have been migrated to SPARSH. Log in credentials are being shared with them on priority. Data of almost 6 lac migrated pensioners has been shared by CGDA with CSCs, who are contacting these pensioners for necessary action.
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SPARSH KNOW YOUR SPARSH PPO NUMBER 

 1. The first phase of Migration of Pension from Legacy System to SPARSH was commenced wef 17 November 2021. During this phase around 5 Lakh Post 2016 Defence Pensioners (From Jan 2016 to Aug 2021) were migrated to SPARSH by the end of April 2022. From 23 August 2022, the second phase of Migration of Pension started and during this phase the Pre 2016 Defence Pensioners are being migrated to SPARSH. The process of migration is still in progress right now. Some of the Migrated Pensioners have also received e-mail/SMS from SPARSH regarding creation of their SPARSH account, Pensioner Id, Username & Password to login their portal. 

 2. In due course of time, every SPARSH Pensioner will be allotted with a 12-digit Pensioner ID number. It should be kept in mind that, your 12-digit Pensioner ID is your SPARSH PPO No too. Another important fact is that, if you add 01 to your Pensioner ID as Suffix, then this 14-digit number will be your SPARSH Username to login your SPARSH account. For example, if your Pensioner ID is 236201500203, then your SPARSH PPO No is also the same 236201500203 and your Username is 23620150020301. The Password as forwarded by SPARSH, is a System Generated Password & it should be changed immediately and a new Strong Password should be created by the Pensioner for the Safety & Security of his SPARSH Account. 

 3. Now let's analyse how the SPARSH PPO number has been allotted to the Pensioners. Actually, the SPARSH PPO number is assigned in a logical way and here each digit has its own indication. 

 4. The SPARSH PPO No is a 12-digit number. Out of 12 digits, the first three digits (from L to R) indicate the Service and Category of the Pensioner. Here Service refers to - Army, Navy, Air Force & Defence Civilian and Category refers to - Officer & Personnel Below Officer Rank (PBOR). Details of the same is enumerated below: 101 - Army Officers 102 - Army officers of AMC, RVC, MNS, ADC & TA 201 to 250 - Army PBOR 301 - Navy Officers 401 - Navy PBOR 501 - Air Force Officers 601 - Air Force PBOR 402 - Defence Civilian Officers 701 - IDAS (Indian Defence Accounts Service) Officers 801 - Defence Civilian PBOR.

 5. For further clarity of the above facts, let's take an example of a SPARSH PPO No, so to say - 236201500203. For better understanding, let's re-arrange the 12 digits of this PPO number as under - 2 36-2015-00203. 

 (a) The 1st digit (2) indicates the Pensioner is from Army (because 1 & 2 is allotted to Army). And the 2nd & 3rd digit (36) indicate the Record office of the Pensioner. Record Offices of the Army have been allotted Code numbers from 01 to 50. In this series, 36 is allotted to AEC Records. Hence 236 indicates that, this PPO belongs to an Army Pensioner & his RO is AEC Records. Some other Record Offices have been allotted the following codes - ASC (S) Records - 40 ASC (MT) Records - 41 MEG Records - 22 and so on...... 

 (b) 4th to 7th digit (2015) indicate the Year of Retirement of the Pensioner. 

 (c) 8th to 12th digit, that means the last five digits indicate the Running serial number of PPO. In this case it is 00203 

 6. Further, when the first Corrigendum PPO is generated, 01 is added with the PPO number as suffix. For Example: 236201500203-01 If second Corrigendum PPO is generated 02 will be added as suffix and so on.... 

 7. Action to be taken by Pensioners after getting message from SPARSH: - 

 (a) Open the SPARSH Website by typing - sparsh.defencepension.gov.in and once the Website is opened, Login to your SPARSH Account by using the valid Username & Password as forwarded to you through email/SMS by SPARSH. 

 (b) Change the Password & create a Strong Password as per the instructions given therein. 

 (c) Next important task is PDV (Pensioner Data Verification). Unless & until your PDV is not completed, you can't proceed into your SPARSH Account. 

 (d) After completion of PDV, check your Pending Personal Data like Aadhaar, PAN, Home address etc. If not updated, complete the same.

 (e) Once your Aadhaar & PAN is updated in your SPARSH Account, submit your DLC (Digital Life Certificate). It should be borne in mind that, your DLC can only be submitted successfully in SPARSH, if your Aadhaar has already been updated in your SPARSH Account, otherwise not.