Defence Ministry has said, the armed forces personnel will continue to get disability pension based on percentage system. However, it will continue till the Anomaly Committee comes out with a report on the issue. This came following the criticism from opposition parties and the military establishment over the recent decision to introduce a slab-based pension system in place of percentage system.
Following this, the Ministry had referred the matter to the Anomaly Committee. Earlier, the 7th Pay Commission had recommended a slab-based system for determining disability pension, which was accepted by the Ministry.
A percentage-based system was followed under the 6th Pay Commission regime for calculating disability pension for defence forces personnel as well as civilians. The military personnel are of the view that due to slab based system, civilian pensioners will get higher disability pension than them as civilians will continue to be paid pension on percentage system.