DPDO Kannur

Defence Pension Disbursement Office, Kannur came into existence in March 2015 as 63rd DPDO under Defence Accounts Department, MOD (Fin). It is one of the 13 southern DPDOs which comes under the Administrative control of CDA Chennai and disburses pension to around 1.2 lakh Ministry of Defence pensioners. DPDO Kannur is established to facilitate, monitor and disburse the pensions for all the Defence Pensioners and their families (includes Army, Navy, Air Force, defence civilians, GREF) situated across Northern Region of Kerala. At present, this office has strength of around 2,500 Defence pensioners across Northern Kerala and has taken over the entire defence pensioners drawing their pension from Sub-treasuries of Kannur, Mattannur, and Thalassery taluqs..
DPDO functions
The Office functions under CDA Chennai and is headed by an Gazetted Officer of the grade SAO/AO (Senior Accounts Officer) who will be designated as DPDO and is supported by gazetted officers in the grade of AAOs (Asst Accounts Officers), Non-gazetted officers and other staffs in the rank of Auditors and Clerks. A Zonal Office Under CDA Chennai located at Thiruvanathapuram will be the Nodal point for all DPDOs working in Kerala.
Project Ashraya
DPDO Kannur operates in an semi-automated atmosphere with the help of Ashraya Software, which was developed by the Defence Accounts Department. Ashraya came as a replacement for the complicated Revised New Pension Disbursing System (RNPDS). Moreover the pensioner will continue to get his/her pension at his bank account as before and ensures all the periodic revisions and up gradations issued by Ministry of Defence and PCDA (Pensions) is effected.
Other Defence Accounts Department establishments in Kannur
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* IFA Cell Kannur
* AO GE Kannur
* IFA INA Ezhimala
* AO GE Ezhimala

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