Facilities and allowances to Disabled on Duty and War Widows

The Government has received representations from the personnel disabled on duty and war widows/dependents regarding the facilities and allowances.

These mostly pertain to the following categories:-

(i) Grant of Disability element of pension to pre January 01, 2006 retirees on percentage basis as entitled to post January 01, 2006 disability pensioners.

(ii) Grant of disability element to pre 2006 premature retirees at par with post 2006 premature retirees.

(iii) Grant of modified parity to pre January 01, 2006 war widows/dependents in special/liberalized family pension as granted to pre January 01, 2006 ordinary family pensioners.

Representations are redressed in consultation with the respective Records and concerned wings of the Government. However, recently benefit of broadbanding to pre January 01, 1996 disability/war injury pensioners has been allowed. Cap which stipulated that aggregate of service element and war injury element should not exceed reckonable element last drawn, has also been removed.

This information was given by Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence Shri MM Pallam Raju in a written reply to Shri Mahendra mohan in Rajya Sabha today.

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