New Delhi: The Government has decided to allow Invalid Pension to Armed Forces Personnel with less than 10 years of qualifying service.

Invalid pension is granted to the Armed Forces Personnel who are invalided out of service on account of disability which is accepted as Neither Attributable to Nor Aggravated (NANA) by Military Service.

The proposal was approved by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. This will benefit those Armed Forces Personnel who were in service on or after January 4, 2019.

Earlier, the minimum period of qualifying service actually rendered and required for invalid pension was 10 years or more. For less than 10 years qualifying service, invalid gratuity was admissible. By this decision, Armed Forces Personnel whose service is less than 10 years and were invalided out of service on account of any bodily or mental infirmity which is Neither Attributable to Nor Aggravated (NANA) by Military service and which permanently incapacitated them from military service as well as civil re-employment, will be benefited and it will make them economically sound.