Portal for pension-related info to ex-servicemen launched

CAG Shashikant Sharma today launched a website for providing pension-related information to ex-servicemen.
"The Defence Pensioners' Portal has been designed to provide pension related information to pensioners paid by the Defence Pension Disbursement Offices (DPDOs)," a Defence Ministry release said.
The portal was launched on the sidelines of a function to mark the 267th Defence Accounts Department Day.
"The www.Dpdopensioners.Org portal can be accessed to know the details of pension received by the pensioner and the history of his pensionary benefits," the release said.
The Defence Ministry gives pension to more than two million pensioners under it.
Speaking on the occasion, Minister of State for Defence Jitendra Singh complimented the Defence Accounts Department for issuing revised Pension Payment Orders (PPOs) to 6.5 lakh pensioners.

"It has undertaken the gigantic task of issuing revised PPOs to pre-2006 pensioners on account of 6th Pay Commission. It is satisfying to note that the Department has been able to issue 6.5 lakh corrigendum PPOs besides implementing the Cabinet Secretary Committee recommendations made in 2012," he said.
The Minister expressed hope that the department would complete the issuing of balance 12 lakh corrigendum PPOs as quickly as possible by deploying all possible resources.
Defence Secretary RK Mathur also addressed the gathering in presence of IAF Chief NAK Browne and Navy Chief Admiral DK Joshi.