Lt Gen Satish Dua and I have co-authored this opinion piece for ‘The Sunday Guardian’ where we argue why the term ‘martyr’ is not appropriate for fallen soldiers, and in fact it is unsoldierly. The op-edcan be accessed here at the official website of The Sunday Guardian ..read more

EXPLAINER ON THE CONCEPT OF DISABILITY PENSION, INVALIDATION AND THE RECENT CONTROVERSY OVER THE TAX EXEMPTION THEREUPON, VIEWED HISTORICALLY Though I would be soon writing a detailed opinion piece again on military disabilities and our faulty approach on the same, it becomes important to put out some data and a few historical facts on the recent controversy. The CBDT Circular: The CBDT has recently issued a circular stating that Income Tax Exemption on disability pension would only be allowed to those disabled personnel who are invalided from military service and not to those who are releas ..read more