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Disability Pension
The Supreme Court has said army personnel will be entitled to disability pension only if the disability is attributable to military service or was aggravated by such service
 "Army personnel entitled to disability pension if disability due to military")
Government financial support during and since the lockdown for persons with psychosocial disabilities from low-income families, many of which had lost income, was inadequate
 "Insufficient, inconsistent: Mental health pension rarely reach the affected")
However, there was confusion as to what system would be used to determine disability pension
 "Disability, war injury pension to be minimum Rs 18,000 per month: Def Min")
Claims pensions have become easy source of tax-free supplementary income for senior officers, wants tax breaks removed
 "Top army doctor accuses generals of manipulating disability pensions")
The govt accepted the 7th CPC recommendation to calculate disability pension according to a "slab system", based on rank
 "Government likely to restore disability benefits to veterans")
Defence ministry officials said the notification on the matter had not yet been published in the Gazette of India
 "Soldiers' morale would be affected if disability pension is cut: Ex-servicemen")