State Minister of the Union for Information and Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs, L. Murugan, who interacts on Monday with pensioners in Sparsh Outreach in Tiruchi. | Photo Credit: M. Moorthy
The State Minister of the Union for Information and Broadcasting L. Murugan said on Monday that the Center led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi increases the allocation of funds in the budget for the modernization of the defense sector and to obtain the latest military equipment.
The Narendra Modi government has given huge changes in the defensive sector to make the country “ATMA NIRBHAR” in the production of defense production, Murugan said. In Tiruch, Tiruchia launched 206. SPARSH field program (System for Pension Administration – Raksha) to defend and family pensioners to correct their complaints.
The center promoted two defensive corridors – one in Uttarprady and the other in Tamil Nadu. Due to the establishment of defensive corridors, the imports of defense equipment have been reduced. Several defensive devices were produced in the country and Mr. Murugan said, he was attributed to Prime Minister Modi’s efforts and the Minister of Defense Rajnath Singh.
The resort made a long -standing demand for one ranking, he said, adding that the Prime Minister had provided a transparent government. General director’s accounts General of Defense, New Delhi, Mayank Sharma, said Sparsh was a fully automated system of processing and payment of sanctions in pension. Within this program of the Defense Accounts Department, about 32 Lakh pensioners, which is about 50% of the total number of pensioners of the trade union government, processed and paid pensions.
The Sparsh program, which was monitored at the highest level, was organized in different parts of the country to hear the problems of defensive pensioners and try to find system and process solutions. The level of satisfaction was high, he said.
General Lieutenant Karanbir Singh Brar, general officer of the commanding area Dakshin Bharat, Chennai and T. Jayseelan, Defense Account controller, Chennai, spoke.
The Minister described five mobile vans of Sparsh, which will travel to all districts in Tamil Nad in the next 10 days to correct the complaints of defensive and family pensioners at their threshold. Mr. Murugan distributed checks worth 1.50 crore 14 defensive and family pensioners.
More than 4,000 defensive and family pensioners from Tiruchi and other districts participated in the megation. Seventy -five counters were built along with computers, printers, scanners, finger printing devices for defensive and family pensioners. About 200 defense complaints, Chennai, PCDA representatives (PENSIONS) PRAYAGRAJ, Record Offices, Banks Public Sector Banks and other agencies participated in complaints from defensive and family pensioners.
Published – June 30, 2025 20:32
