Denial of Pension benefits to EX-Servicemen
Ex-Servicemen with service less than 15 years are not entitled to pension, as it is a mandatory requirement for a Personnel Below Officer Rank to render 15 years and for Commissioned Officers 20 years qualifying service to earn pension. Minimum qualifying service is an essential criterion for pension in the Government.
The Short Service Commissioned Officers who are not pensioners are eligible for certain schemes of DGR like Training, Security Agencies and other self-employment schemes. Ex Defence personnel with more than 5 years of service are entitled to CSD canteen facilities available in units / establishment apart from being employed as Security Guards. Some grants out of RakshaMantri Discretionary Funds are also provided to non-pensioners upto the rank ofHavaldar.
This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Shri Jitendra Singh in a written reply to DR. Mahendrasinh P. Chauhanin Lok Sabha today.
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Every person in the country get some financial assistance as pension or some other form. i am an exservicemen with a military service of 14 year 9 days still does not have single paisa as pension. Now iam 70 years of age undergoing treatment carcinoma esophagus for the last one year. the ECHS facility also not available to a nonpensioner. Defence ministry be kind enough to do something in this issue at the earlist
Every old aged people getting some financial assistance as pension or some other form but in case of men served in armed forces for a regular term of engagement are denied all this regarding me i had served in IAF for 9 yrs and got discharged i am nearing 70 yrs and undergoing a medical treatment also so kindly look into the case.