WAR INJURY PENSION

WAR INJURY PENSION

1.      War Injury Pension is granted to armed forces personnel, who is injured in a war or specified war like situation.

2.      The PPO of a war injury pension is identified by the prefix D/BC/Number/Year.  Where ‘D’ stands for disability and BC stands for Battle Casualty.

3.      The Service Element of war injury pension will be equal to service pension to which he would have been entitled on the basis of his pay on the date of invalidment.  Counting of service upto the date on which he would have retired in that rank in normal course, including weightage as admissible w.e.f. 01.07.2009.  This service element is paid on the minimum of the pay in the pay band plus grade pay, MSP, X GP pay where applicable independently.

4.      The War Injury element also will be equal to the revised pay structure for 100% disability as given above.  It is proportionate to the percentage of disability.

Since the ceiling on aggregate of War Injury Pension (The total of service element and War injury element) with reference to the minimum of the pay in the revised pay structure applicable from 01.01.2006 stand removed with effect from 01.07.2009 there is considerable change in the war injury pension.

Unfortunately, the CDA(P) Circular 456 does not give any pension entitlement table to show the actual pension entitlement of a war injured soldier with 100% injury.  There is no table for showing the rates of service element of war injury pension on invalidment and on discharge.  It will be very difficult for the PDAs to fix the pension without referring to the CDA(P), thus causing delay in revising the pension.

REVISED RATE OF WAR INJURY PENSION W.E.F. 01.07.2009 ON INVALIDMENT FOR PRE 01.01.2006 PENSIONERS.

Rank & % of disability	Service Element	War Injury Element	Total
Sepoy Gp’X’ 100%	10600	10600	21200
Sepoy Gp’X’ 75%	10600	7950	18550
Sepoy Gp’X’ 50%	10600	5300	15900
Sepoy Gp’Y’ 100%	9200	9200	18400
Sepoy Gp’Y’ 75%	9200	6900	16100
Sepoy Gp’Y’ 50%	9200	4600	13800
Naik Gp ‘X’ 100%	11000	11000	22000
Naik Gp ‘X’ 75%	11000	8250	19250
Naik Gp ‘X’ 50%	11000	5500	16500
Naik Gp ‘Y’ 100%	9600	9600	19200
Naik Gp ‘Y’ 75%	9600	7200	16800
Naik Gp ‘Y’ 50%	9600	4800	14400
Hav Gp ‘X’ 100%	11400	11400	22800
Hav Gp ‘X’ 75%	11400	8550	19950
Hav Gp ‘X’ 50	11400	5700	17100
Hav Gp ‘Y’ 100%	10000	10000	20000
Hav Gp ‘Y’ 75%	10000	7500	17500
Hav Gp ‘Y’ 50%	10000	5000	15000

 

WAR INJURY PENSION ON RETENTION IN SERVICE

Armed Forces personnel who are retained in service, despite the disability due to War injury, sustained under circumstances mentioned in Category ‘E’ of Para 4.1 of above Gvt. Letter dated 31.01.2001 and retire subsequently, will have an option to be exercised within a period, as prescribed by the Govt. from time to time be:-

            To draw lump sum compensation in lieu of war injury element foregoing war injury element at the time of subsequent retirement/discharge.

                                                                        OR

            To draw war injury element at the time of retirement in addition to Service Pension admissible on retirement/discharge foregoing, lump sum compensation.  The rates of minimum War Injury Element for 100% disability in case of discharge payable w.e.f. 01.01.2006 will be 60% of the total of minimum emoluments including MSP & X Gp. Pay. with a minimum of Rs.7020.  Refer Table No.6 of CDA circular No.456.