CDS Gen Anil Chauhan on new disability pension rules, says ‘no retrospective application... eligible for those who…'

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Click here! "There is no change in the entitlement for any category of persons being granted compensation for death or disability," he added. When asked about the possibility of 'misuse' of these revised disability pension rules, CDS General Anil Chauhan told news agency ANI that, "I can only say that these rules are slightly clearer and the possibility of its misuse if I may use the word becomes less. So hopefully there will be fewer court cases.

And, better synergy amongst all ranks of the armed forces." The CDS general was also asked about the concerns which were raised by ex-servicemen regarding the newly revised eligibility criteria for disability pension rules. Answering it, he said that a meeting of recognised ex-servicemen organizations was called on October 3 and their doubts were clarified. "The revised rules were uploaded by the Department of Ex-servicemen Welfare on September 21.

And, a large number of people may not have understood the exact implications of these rules. So we called recognised ex-servicemen organizations on October 3. So most of them were concerned about the benefits which are entitled to them that they will be taken away.

So this apprehension was there in the minds of ex-servicemen. They were clarified," CDS said. "And most of them were satisfied.

Most of these apprehensions that emerged during that meeting were turned into frequently asked questions (FAQs). And last night, these FAQs were uploaded on the Department of Ex-servicemen welfare website," he added. As per the official statement issued by the Defence Ministry, “The ER has been revised/ updated with the aim to streamline the procedure followed for assessment and entitlement without any ambiguity to avoid litigation.