Military ‘invalid pension’ even if less than 10 yrs of service put in

NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday decided to allow ‘invalid pension’ to those military personnel who are boarded out before completing 10 years of qualifying service.
Till now, invalid pension was granted to only those personnel who had more than 10 years of service and were boarded out on account of disability that was “neither attributable to, nor aggravated by military service”. If the service rendered was less than 10 years at the time of being boarded out, only ‘invalid gratuity’ was paid to soldiers so far, officials at the defence ministry said.
Many personnel, permanently incapacitated from military service as well as civil re-employment, will benefit from this decision. “The proposal has been approved by defence minister Rajnath Singh. Those armed forces personnel who were in service on or after January 4, 2019 will benefit from this decision,” an official said.