

Defence Pension AdalatĪ large community of Ex-servicemen specially Personnel Below Officers Rank (PBOR) and their families are settled in the interiors and remote areas. For the Armed Forces Pensioners residing in Nepal disbursement of pension is done through 03 Pension Paying Offices (PPOs). The pension is disbursed across the country through 21 Public Sector Banks, 03 Private Sector Banks viz HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Axis Bank, 308 Treasuries (Active), 64 Defence Pension Disbursing offices (DPDOs), 01 Post Office, 05 Pay Accounts Offices(PAOs) scattered all over India. There are more than 26 lakhs Armed Forces pensioners/family pensioners and approximately 55,000 pensioners are added every year. It is 2/3rd of the minimum pension admissible to a Sepoy.ĭefence Pensioners and Disbursement Agencies Reservist Pension - Granted on completion of the prescribed combined Colour+ Reserve service of not less than 15 years.The benefit of said letter will be available to those Armed Forces Personnel who were in service on or after and invalided out from 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. The requirement of minimum 10 years service has been done away with vide DESW letter dated. Minimum qualifying service required for Invalid pension was 10 years. Invalid Pension - Invalid pension may be granted to the Service Personnel who is invalided out of service on account of disability which is accepted as Neither Attributable Nor Aggravated (NANA).War Injury Pension - The rates of War Injury Element for 100% disability for various rank shall be equal to the reckonable emoluments last drawn in case of invalided out and 60% of reckonable emoluments last drawn in case of discharge, which would be proportionately reduced where disability is less than 100%.Second Appeal:Ěny person, aggrieved by the decision in the First Appeal, may file a Second Appeal within Six months of the decision of the Appellate Committee for First Appeal to the Committee constituted for this purpose as per provision contained in clause (I) (b) of Entitlement Rules for Casualty Pensionary Awards to the Armed Forces Personnel, 2008. The Appellate Committee’s decision for upholding or rejecting the appeal will be by consensus. within six months, which could be considered by the Appellate Committee for First Appeal constituted as per provision contained in clause (I) (a) of Entitlement Rules for Casualty Pensionary Awards to the Armed Forces Personnel, 2008. In other than invalided out cases, disability element is granted for disability Attributable to or Aggravated by Military Service, in addition to Service Pension, if otherwise admissible.įirst Appeal: If a person is aggrieved by denial of entitlement, he may, if so desires, submit an appeal before Record Office/ Service Hqrs. No disability element shall be payable for disability assessed as less than 20%. For lesser percentage of disability, the amount of disability element is reduced proportionally. Disability Element would be 30% of reckonable emoluments last drawn for 100% disability. 50% of the reckonable emoluments last drawn. Service Element is equal to the retiring pension i.e. It consists of Disability Element and Service Element. Disability Pension - Granted in invalided out cases due to disability Attributable to or Aggravated by Military Service.Liberalized Family Pension - Equal to the reckonable emoluments last drawn by the deceased granted to the families of personnel killed in war or war like operations, counter-insurgency operations, encounter with terrorists etc.Special Family Pension - Granted at a uniform rate of 60% of reckonable emoluments last drawn by the deceased (in case of death of a individual Attributable to or Aggravated by Military Service).(in case of natural death of the individual). Family Pension -Granted 30% of reckonable emoluments last drawn subject to a minimum of Rs.9000/- p.m.The minimum qualifying service to earn pension is 20 years in case of Commissioned Officer and 15 years in the case Personnel Below Officer Rank. Service Pension - Granted 50% of emoluments last drawn or average of reckonable emoluments during the last 10 months, whichever is more beneficial to pensioners subject to minimum of Rs.It also deals with Entitlement Rules for Casualty Pensionary Awards, 2008. This Department administers (i) Pension Regulations for the Army (PRA), 1961, revised as PRA, 2008 (ii) Pension Regulations for the Air Force, 1961, and (iii) Navy (Pension) Regulation, 1964.
