Project NAMAN

Indian Army launched the first phase of the Project Naman.

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Key Highlights

• Project NAMAN is designed to provide dedicated support and services to defence pensioners, Veterans, and their families.
• Partnerships: It involves a MoU between the Indian Army’s Directorate of Indian Army Veterans (DIAV), Common Service Centre (CSC) e-Governance India Limited, and HDFC Bank Limited.
• System for Pension Administration (RAKSHA) - SPARSH: It is an initiative of the Ministry of Defence (MoD), Government of India, that aims at providing a comprehensive solution to the administration of pension services to the defence pensioners. 
• It is being implemented to provide pension sanction and disbursement services for the Armed Forces and Defence Civilians.
• It will provide a secure and reliable digital platform for all pension-related activities. 
• The new pension portal will provide a single window platform for sanctions, claims, and pension disbursement with easy validation and rectification of data through self-verification. 
• It uses a digital process for pensioner verification, removing the requirement of multiple visits to the concerned pension offices. 
• In the 1st phase of the project, 14 CSC centres have been established across key locations: New Delhi, Jalandhar, Leh, Dehradun, Lucknow, Jodhpur, Bengdubi, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Secunderabad, Saugor, Guntur, Ahmedabad, and Bangalore.
• Plan to expand to approximately 200 CSC centres across the nation in the next 2-3 years.