A big relief has been given to the ex-servicemen by the Ministry of Defense. The ministry has informed in a statement that the money to the ex-servicemen stuck during the month of April can be credited to their account anytime today. They don’t have to wait long for this. The Defense Ministry said that due to the digitization and modernization process, the release of pension has taken time.
It was stated by the Ministry that the process of release of pension for the month of April 2022 has been completed and the pension can be deposited any time till the end of the day on May 04, 2022. All such pensioners are being informed through SMS and email.
Annual identification will be mandatory
The ministry also said that all pensioners will have to register their annual identity to receive the pension money. But if you have registered an annual identification, then money can come in your account at any time. Explain that during the process of pension for the month of April 2022, the annual identity of about 3.3 lakh pensioners is not updated.
Payment of more than five lakh pensioners
A Defense Ministry statement further informed that monthly pension is being successfully disbursed to more than five lakh pensioners, which includes 4.47 lakh pensioners who retire from January 1, 2016 till March 31, 2022. Further, the identity of 58,275 pensioners with the bank could not be verified. These 58,275 pensioners have been given a ‘one-time special exemption’ for their identification by May 25, 2022.
how to update identity
Explain that pensioners can get their annual identity updated through Jeevan Pramaan by contacting the nearest CSC (findmycsc.nic.in) or by using Sparsh PPO number.