Will look into issue of tax on disability pension: Rajnath Singh

Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said the government will look into the new changes in disability pension for military personnel which made it taxable. He said defence preparedness and interests of soldiers are top priorities of the government .

Singh made the comments in the Lok Sabha while responding to concerns raised on the matter by Congress member Adhir Ranjan Chowdury. Singh said the changes in the disability pension has come to the government’s notice. “After getting the entire information, I will inform the House with the permission of the Chair,” he said.

The Central Board of Direct Taxes had said in a circular issued on Monday that tax exemption would continue to be available to all army, air force and navy personnel who have been ‘invalidated’ from service ‘on account of bodily disability attributable to or aggravated by such service’. But added that tax exemption will not be available to personnel who have retired on superannuation or otherwise.


This means that personnel with disability who retire after full service will no longer get tax exemption on their disability pension.