SAMPANN Platform:
The Goa government and the Cochin Port Authority have taken a significant step towards modernizing pension disbursement by signing agreements to onboard the SAMPANN digital platform.
- SAMPANN (System for Accounting and Management of Pension) is the flagship digital pension and financial management platform of the Department of Telecommunications.
- It is managed by the Office of the Controller General of Communication Accounts (CGCA).
- It was designed to streamline pension sanction, authorisation, accounting and payment through a single digital platform.
- It was launched in 2018.
- It provides direct credit of pension into the bank accounts of pensioners.
- It is a cloud-based, end-to-end pension management system of the Department of Telecommunications.
- Direct disbursement of pension on a timely basis without intermediaries
- Single window system for complete pension process
- Online grievance management for the pensioners, reducing paperwork
- Tracking of pension status from home encourages transparency and accountability
- Faster processing of arrears and revision of pension.
