Disability Pension

Tripura increases monthly disability allowance from ₹2,000 to ₹5,000

As per the announcement, the monthly allowance for persons with more than 60% disability has been increased from ₹2,000 to ₹5,000, with a valid certificate being mandatory to avail the benefit

Delhi HC dismisses 200+ defence ministry pleas against disability pension

The Delhi High Court has dismissed over 200 petitions of the Ministry of Defence challenging the Armed Force Tribunal's order holding a number of defence personnel entitled for disability pension for their respective disabilities. Disability pension cannot be denied to defence personnel solely on the ground that the onset of the disability occurred while they were posted at a peace station or by contending that it is a lifestyle disease, it said, while noting that military service is inherently stressful due to a combination of factors. A bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur said that granting disability pension is not an act of generosity but a rightful and just acknowledgement of the sacrifices endured by defence personnel which manifest in the form of disabilities/ disorders suffered during their military service. The purpose of granting disability pension to personnel of the Indian Armed Forces is to provide necessary financial support to those who have sustained a

Adopt liberal approach while considering disability pension to army men: SC

Observing that a liberal approach must be adopted while construing beneficial provisions, the Supreme Court has granted disability pension to an army man who was relieved from the service as he was suffering from "Schizophrenia." The top court noted that the decision of the authority to discharge a serviceman is based on a medical report which is devoid of reasons. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and N Kotiswar Singh said the requirement to give reasons by the Medical Board is crucial, critical, decisive and necessary for granting or denying disability pension. The apex court said it is not a mere formality, but a necessary material based on which the pension sanctioning authority has to decide about the grant or refusal of disability pension. "Accordingly, in our opinion, if the serviceman is discharged from service or denied the disability pension on the basis of a medical opinion which is devoid of reasons, it would strike at the root of the action taken by the authority, and su

SC verdict asks filmmakers not to stereotype or lampoon differently abled

Differently abled and derision have often gone hand in hand in mainstream Hindi cinema with numerous instances of impairments, visual, speech, physical and others, being used to get laughs mostly unkind. A trend activists and lawyers hope will end with the Supreme Court's recent game changing verdict. Stereotyping differently abled persons in cinema perpetuates discrimination and inequality, the apex court said last week while asking filmmakers to refrain from misleading portrayals and laying down terms such as crippled and spastic that should not be used. Humour can be an important element because it sometimes spreads the message about disability and acts as a tool for awareness, said Nipun Malhotra, who filed the petition that led to the Supreme Court verdict. "But there is a subtle difference between humour that is creating awareness and laughing at situations with people in disability space and humour that laughs at the disability itself. The Supreme Court, in its judgement, ha

Voice-enabled lifts, manager training: How offices make inclusive shift

Employees with disabilities being groomed for managerial roles, able-bodied workforce sensitised and trained in sign language

Army personnel entitled to disability pension if disability due to military

The Supreme Court has said army personnel will be entitled to disability pension only if the disability is attributable to military service or was aggravated by such service

Insufficient, inconsistent: Mental health pension rarely reach the affected

Government financial support during and since the lockdown for persons with psychosocial disabilities from low-income families, many of which had lost income, was inadequate

Disability, war injury pension to be minimum Rs 18,000 per month: Def Min

However, there was confusion as to what system would be used to determine disability pension

Top army doctor accuses generals of manipulating disability pensions

Claims pensions have become easy source of tax-free supplementary income for senior officers, wants tax breaks removed

Government likely to restore disability benefits to veterans

The govt accepted the 7th CPC recommendation to calculate disability pension according to a "slab system", based on rank

Soldiers' morale would be affected if disability pension is cut: Ex-servicemen

Defence ministry officials said the notification on the matter had not yet been published in the Gazette of India