59,190 armed forces personnel granted Disability Pension since 2016 : Defence Ministry

The minister said the cases of disability and service pension are processed within the timeframe as per laid down policy. “As per extant policy, service personnel who is invalided out from service on account of disability which is attributable to or aggravated by military service is granted a disability pension,” he said in his written reply.

Bhatt said before January 4, 2019, a minimum of 10 years of qualifying service was required to be eligible for the pension. Bhatt said before January 4, 2019, a minimum of 10 years of qualifying service was required to be eligible for the pension.

“Before January 4, 2019, minimum 10 years of qualifying service was required for eligibility of invalid pension to service personnel invalided out of service on account of disability which is Neither Attributable to Nor Aggravated (NANA) by military service,” he said.

“Now, the requirement of 10 years qualifying service has been done away with, with effect from January 4, 2019,” he added.