THE new rules for granting disability pensions to Armed Forces personnel were brought out following wide-ranging discussions among the three services and they are aimed at protecting interests of “genuine” people and ensuring a fitter military, Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan said on Friday. The provisions of the revised entitlement rules will be applicable for the Armed Forces personnel who retired after September 21 and there will be no retrospective implementation of the norms, he said.

 

The new rules titled ‘Entitlement Rules (ER) for Casualty Pension and Disability Compensation Awards to Armed Forces Personnel, 2023’ was brought out based on the recommendations of a study involving the three services, Armed Forces Medical Services and the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare.

 

“The aim of the study was to protect the genuine interests of personnel who acquire disability during service while preventing the exploitation of its liberal provisions from misuse,” the Chief of Defence Staff said at a media briefing in presence of Navy Chief R Hari Kumar, Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari and Vice Chief of Army Lt Gen M V Suchindra Kumar. The Chief of Defence Staff said most of the concerns of the ex-servicemen community were addressed by a panel of officers at a meeting on October 3.