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Anyone suffering from 30 per cent and above disability is eligible to get disability pension, which is over and above the service pension that all Army personnel are eligible for. (Representational Image)

Army: New norms to curb misuse of disability pension

The Indian Army is also planning to remove the current practice of assigning percentage of disabilityâ€ while officers...

1 Nov 2019 1:03 AM IST

Defence minister Rajnath Singh leaves Parliament during the Budget Session in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: Asian Age)

Uproar in Lok Sabha over tax on disability pension

Armed forces personnel who suffer any kind of disability due to their service receive separate disability pension.

28 Jun 2019 6:46 AM IST

Two Pakistani troopers were killed by the Indian Army in response to ceasefire violations along the LoC in Tangdhar sector of Jammu and Kashmir. (Representational Image | PTI)

'Disability pension taxable if personnel retired under normal...

The pension will be non-taxable only to those personnel who have retired due to any kind of disability.

26 Jun 2019 9:34 AM IST

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Only disabled servicemen to get tax-free pension: FM

The pension will be not be tax-free for those defence forces personnel who retired from their services or attained...

25 Jun 2019 2:36 AM IST

Indian Army. (Photo: File)

More than 2000 army officers took disability pension in last two years

Army said that higher compensation for disability with tax benefit led to rise in personnel seeking disability even for...

3 July 2019 8:54 PM IST

Nirmala Sitharaman spoke on the on-going efforts of Indian Government to counter tax avoidance & evasion, finance ministry tweeted.

Army backs taxing disability pension

The finance ministry circular had evoked a sharp reaction from the military veterans.

3 July 2019 2:03 AM IST

RBI had issued a notification saying that the withdrawal limit of cash from savings bank accounts will be relaxed to Rs. 50,000 from February 20

Cabinet okays 7th Pay Commission proposals; key facts

Armed forces have been pressing for reverting to percentage-based regime for disability pension.

4 May 2017 1:13 PM IST