New Delhi, April 2 The Goa government and the Cochin Port Authority signed agreements on Thursday to join the Department of Telecommunications' digital platform, SAMPANN, to streamline the disbursement of pensions.
The agreement signing ceremony was presided over by Union Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia in the national capital.
Developed, owned, and operated by the Office of the Controller General of Communication Accounts (CGCA), SAMPANN is an end-to-end digital platform designed to cover the entire pension lifecycle. Currently, it enables the direct crediting of pensions for approximately 4.8 lakh telecom pensioners belonging to the DoT, BSNL, MTNL, and VSNL.
The DoT (Department of Telecommunications) is now offering SAMPANN as a 'Platform as a Service' (PaaS) to other departments, state governments, and Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs).
Meanwhile, the minister also released a commemorative postage stamp to mark the 75th anniversary of the Postal Training Centre (PTC) located in Saharanpur.