Fresh Disability, War Injury and other Casualty Awards letters issued for Pre and Post 2016 retirees

Indian Military Veterans

The much awaited orders on casualty (disability) awards have been issued after resolution by the Anomalies Committee.

Salient features-

For Pre-2016 pensioners:

(a)  Disability and War Injury awards have been restored to the formula as applicable to civilians. The rate shall now be revised to Old Award as admissible on 31-12-2015(under enhanced OROP rates based on the percentage formula applicable at that time) X 2.57 with effect from 01-01-2016.

(b)  Orders for notional percentage based calculations with fresh 7^th Central Pay Commission scales as the backdrop, not yet issued.

For Post-2016 pensioners:

(a)  Broadbanding/rounding-off made applicable to all cases of disability/war injury pension with effect from 01-01-2016 but only to post-2016 retirees (hence as of now, status quo continues with respect to the legal position for Pre-2016 retirees).

(b)  The percentage based rules for calculation of disability/war injury/other casualty awards shall remain the same (percentage based) as were applicable prior to 2016.

(c)  Additional old age pension on attaining the age of 80 or above restored for disability and war injury pensioners (however, the same has not yet been restored for Pre-2016 retirees). Readers may recall, this confusion and anomaly emanated due to a slip up by the military pay cells.

Both letters can be downloaded and accessed here:

For Pre 2016 retirees

For Post 2016 retirees

For Example :

for a Pre-2006   

Hav.   Group- Y    QS:20 yrs

Disability Element of 50%....  Present rate.....2339

DA at 119&........................                       ..2784  

Total.....................                                    .5123.

                                                                -----------

As per this revision

                                   2339 X 2.57        = 6012.00

                      Da at 4%...................      =   241.00

                                            Total...........    6253.00
                             Difference ----6253 - 5123=1130   as on date/

          This is for  information. .