Benefit of Broad Banding

Only Applicable to those invalided or those who served full term or took PMR still to be settled.

Benefit of Broad Banding i.e. Rounding of Disability, 50% (for disability less than 50% but 20% and above ) and 75% (for disability between 50% to 75%) and 100% (for disability from 76% to 100%) has been given for those who have been invalided out from the service on medical ground due to military service on or after 01.01.1996.

Officers JCOs and NCOs who were invalided out of service prior to 01.01.1996 and are in receipt of disability/war injury pension as on 01.07.2009 were given this benefit with effect from 01.07.2009 vide MOD letter No. 10(01)/D (Pen/Pol)/2009/Vol-II dated 19.01.2010.

Now vide Mod DESW letter No 12(16)/2009/D(Pen/Poicy) dated 15.09.2014, Officers JCOs and NCOs who were invalided out of service prior to 01.01.1996 wil get the benefit of broad banding of disability w.e.f 01.01.1996 itself.