ATTENTION VETERAN BROTHERS- SERIES-11

 Our Managing Trustee Sgt.R.Chellapa addressing the gathering.

Veterans  at the meeting.

ATTENTION VETERAN BROTHERS SERIES-11

Know more about  different types of pensions./ Awards.

A. INVALID PENSION – IP

If the qualifying service is 10 yrs or more but less than 15 yrs and the individual is invalided out of service  and his percentage of disability is less than 20%, he will be granted INVALID PENSION.   

2)   If qualifying service  10 yrs or more but less than 15 yrs and invalided out  on Low Medical category and the disability  is neither attributable nor aggravated by military service, he will be granted invalid pension.

The invalid pension grante3d shall not be less than the Minimum pension of Rs.3500/- with effect from 1-1-2006.

B.    SPECIAL PENSION FOR BLINDED SOLDIER.

Special Pension is granted to Fully or Partially blinded soldier   ( assessed 40% or more)

The Rate is Rs.500/- per month with effect from 1-10-2001.

This will be denoted in the PPO having a prefix as D.   This pension is not eligible for DA.

C.    CONSTANT ATTANDANT ALLOWANCE.

This allowance is payable to  100% Disability pensioners.   All the 100% disability pensioners are not eligible for this allowance,  only those who are in need of attendant for day to days activities.  This will be mentioned in the PPO.

The revised Rate is rs.3000/- per month from 1-1-2006 irrespective of Rank.  This will be enhanced by 25% when the normal DA is increased by 50%.  No DA for this allowance. 

CAA is not payable :

During the period of Re-employment

During the period the pensioner was an inpatient in a hospital

When the pensioner has not actually employed an attendant.

C.  DIVIDED FAMILY PENSION

When a pensioner dies leaving behind  more than one wife/ children of first wife and second wife,  the family pension will be divide in the ration 50: 50  to eligible son/daughter of first wife and second wife. The fixed medical allowance also will be divided in the same ratio.

For example : 

The eligible family pension is say Rs.3500/-

It will be divided as Rs.1750/- for each beneficiary.

FMA……………………………150/-                            Plus the applicable DA.

When one of them becomes  ineligible, then the 50% will be restored to the living beneficiary . For this restoration , the living one has to intimate the ineligibility to their Record office  who in turn will write to CDA for getting sanction ,  that is PPO.  Then only the bank can pay the restored full pension.