Armed Forces Pension: Good news for personnel! Government makes big change

The ministry said on Wednesday: “The government has taken a decision to allow invalid pension to armed forces personnel with less than 10 years of qualifying service.”

Invalid pension is granted to the armed forces personnel who are invalided out of service on account of disability which is accepted as Neither Attributable to Nor aggravated (NANA) by Military Service. 

“The proposal has been approved by Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh. Benefit of this decision will be available to those armed forces personnel who were in service on or after 04.01.2019,” the ministry noted.

Earlier, the minimum period of qualifying service actually rendered and required for invalid pension was 10 years or more. For less than 10 years of qualifying service, only invalid gratuity was admissible. 

The latest approval extends the benefit to several armed 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.

The move will help make such personnel economically sound.