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

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

However, there was confusion as to what system would be used to determine disability pension

Claims pensions have become easy source of tax-free supplementary income for senior officers, wants tax breaks removed

The govt accepted the 7th CPC recommendation to calculate disability pension according to a "slab system", based on rank

Defence ministry officials said the notification on the matter had not yet been published in the Gazette of India