Govt launches portal for employees to track pension status online

14 Sep 2016

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Government has introduced a new pension tracking system that would allow over 1.16 million pensioners to know the status of their pension and grievance redressal through SMS as well as monitor receipts online.

Finance minister Arun Jaitley launched the portal that will enable central civil pensioners, family pensioners and freedom fighter pensioners to view their complete pension profile digitally by logging into `www.Cpao.Nic.In.

They will also be provided with SMS facility for tracking status of pension process and their grievance registration as well as disposal.

The website, which will serve as a one-stop destination for providing information and speedy redressal of grievances, can also be accessed through mobile devices and it would also provide an option to pensioners to give their feedback.

Launching the portal, Jaitley said it is an extremely important initiative which will lessen harassment.

"Nobody should be harassed, least of all pensioners because they are mostly senior citizens. And they need that resource and their life depends on that resource. So any delay or red tapism can actually cause a lot of harassment if not destitution," he said.

He said the facility of tracking pension status on mobile phone is a giant step taken by the Central Pension Accounting Office (CPAO).

CPAO disburses the pensions through authorised banks to central government pensioners and in the current fiscal it is managing the pension budget of Rs32,070 crore. In 2015-16, the CPAO handled 60,211 pensioners' grievances.

Speaking on the occasion, Controller General of Accounts M J Joseph said the portal will bring in transparency and accountability and ensure more responsive way of handling pensioners grievances.

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