Disability, war injury pension revised

6 May 2009, 0216 hrs IST, TNN
NEW DELHI: Announcing yet another sop for armed forces right in the middle of elections, the UPA government on Tuesday hiked disability and family
pension benefits across the board for those injured or killed in battle.

As reported earlier, the government has been rattled by BJP's strong `Jai Jawan' tune in its manifesto and now wants to regain lost ground in the tussle to woo the defence community of 14 lakh serving and 23 lakh retired military personnel, which expands into a sizable votebank of around 1.5 crore people if family members are taken into account.

The defence ministry on Tuesday said "the rates of disability element for 100% disability for various ranks shall now be 30% of emoluments last drawn subject to minimum of Rs 3,100 per month for 100% disability".

"For disability less than 100%, it shall be reduced proportionately. In cases of disability pension where permanent disability is not less than 60%, the disability pension shall not be less than 60% of the reckonable emoluments last drawn subject to a minimum of Rs 7,000 per month," said an official.
Govt hikes disability, family pension for armed forces

MoD raises disability pension bar
New Delhi | Tuesday, May 5 2009 IST
The Ministry of Defence has revised pensionary awards relating to disability pension or war injury pension, special family pension for those Armed Forces personnel dying in harness or retiring or rendered invalid with effect from January 2006, following the Sixth Pay panel's recommendations.

The rates of disability element for 100 per cent disability for various ranks shall be 30 per cent of emoluments last drawn subject to minimum of Rs 3,100 per month. For disability less than 100 per cent it shall be reduced proportionately, ministry sources said. In cases of disability pension where permanent disability is not less than 60 per cent, the disability shall not be less than 60 per cent of the emoluments last drawn, subject to a minimum of Rs 7,000 per month.

The rates of war injury element for 100 per cent disability for various ranks shall be equal to the reckonable emoluments last drawn which would be proportionately reduced where disability is less than 100 per cent. However in no case, aggregate of service element and war injury should exceed the emoluments last drawn.

Constant attendance allowance will be admissible at a uniform rate of Rs 3000 per month, irrespective of the rank. Further this rate be increased by 25 per cent every time the dearness allowance is revised by 50 per cent.

The Ministry has also revised casualty pensionary awards for Armed Forces personnel, who retired, discharged or were rendered invalid prior to January 2006.-(UNI) --
MoD raises disability pension bar
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The announcement comes even as the 15th Lok Sabha elections are in progress, and this is the fifth in a slew of welfare measures since April 21 that could impact the career, pay and perks of the 1.5-million-strong armed forces jawans and officers.
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Disability, war injury pension revised