The Government of India has allowed extending invalid pension to the Armed Forces Personnel with less than 10 years of qualifying service. As per a statement issued by the Ministry of Defence, the proposal has been approved by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and will benefit those who were in service on or after April 1, 2019.
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"The proposal has been approved by Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh. The benefit of this decision will be available to those Armed Forces Personnel who were in service on or after 04.01.2019," the Ministry said in a statement.
Previously, if the service rendered was less than 10 years at the time of invaliding, only invalid gratuity was paid to the Armed Forces Personnel. The minimum period of qualifying service actually rendered and required for an invalid pension was 10 years or more.
What is meant by an Invalid Pension?
As per the Ministry of Defence, the invalid pension is granted to the Armed Forces Personnel who is invalided out of service on account of a disability which is accepted as Neither Attributable to Nor Aggravated (NANA) by Military Service.
As per the statement given by Ministry of Defence, By this decision, Armed Forces Personnel whose service is less than ten years and became/become invalided out of service on account of any bodily or mental infirmity which is Neither Attributable to Nor Aggravated (NANA) by Military service and which permanently incapacitated/incapacitates them from military service as well as civil re-employment, will be benefited and it will make them economically sound.
Also, the Defence Acquisition Council has delegated the powers for progressing urgent Capital Acquisition Cases up to Rs 300 crores to the Armed Forces to meet their emergent operational requirements.
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