SAMPANN Portal Integrated with DigiLocker to Provide One-Click Digital Access to DoT Pensioners

Key facts

• The Office of the Principal Controller of Communication Accounts (Pr CCA), Delhi has integrated the System for Accounting and Management of Pension (SAMPANN) pension portal with DigiLocker.
• SAMPANN is a government-run digital platform designed to make pension services easier for Department of Telecommunications (DoT) retirees.
• The integration enables pensioners to access key documents such as e-Pension Payment Orders (e-PPOs), gratuity sanction orders, communication sanctions, and Form-16 online.
• The SAMPANN platform was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in December 2018.
• The platform is developed and managed by the Office of the Controller General of Communication Accounts and handles pension payments and related financial work online.
• The platform has digitised the entire pension lifecycle—from initiation and processing of cases to issuance of e-Pension Payment Orders, disbursement, accounting, reconciliation, financial reporting, audit facilitation, and grievance redressal.