@iamviveksri @FinMinIndia Very unfortunate. Unacceptable step. Dignity and Honor of Bravehearts cannot be compromised at any cost. Request status quo forthwith
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Narinder Singh
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As per Para 11.5.7 page 297 of Select Committee Report on IT Bill 2025 @FinMinIndia apprised the Committee that exemption of Income Tax on Disability Pension will continue as the Honorable SC has ordered to “Maintain Status Quo”.
Now in Para 108 D(6) of Finance Bill 2026 this exemption has been taken away from those Disabled Soldiers who Superannuated.
Was the Committee misled? Or will the order of Honourable SC continue to be in force?
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#KeepDisabiltyPensionTaxFree !!
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@ColRohitChaudry @INCIndia @kharge @RahulGandhi @priyankagandhi @kcvenugopalmp @Jairam_Ramesh @bharatjodo @INC_Television @AICCMedia @Exsvcmen I agree completely. Govt cannot take such derogatory step against it's own soldiers
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"Finance Minister Mrs. Nirmala Sitharaman has recommended in the Finance Bill 2026–27 to impose tax on the disability pension of soldiers and ex-servicemen of this country.
Let me tell you, by this move the government may save a very small amount of money, but the emotional and moral cost for our soldiers will be enormous. It is nothing less than taxing wounded soldiers, which means their sacrifice is being penalized.
The decision to tax disability pensions hurts the dignity, morale, and trust of the entire armed forces.
In the 2021–22 Budget, the same Finance Minister, Mrs. Nirmala Sitharaman, proposed reducing corporate tax from 31% to 21%, which amounted to lakhs of crores of rupees in revenue loss.
When the government can afford such a massive reduction in corporate tax, then how can the ₹200 crore collected from taxing disability pensions be considered more important?
Furthermore, the Central Government has also waived loans worth about ₹12,000 crore of 26 industrialists who have fled the country. If ₹12,000 crore of loans of people who left the country can be waived, then how can ₹200 crore from the disability pensions of our soldiers be justified?
That is the question we want to ask the Central Government and I would also like to ask the Finance Minister, Mrs. Nirmala Sitharaman, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi
—is taxing the disability pension of wounded soldiers the priority of this government?"
— @kpccexsvcmen Chairman Col. Mallikarjun ji (Retd.)
#SaveDisabilityPension #SaveECHS
#KeepDisabilityPensionTaxFree
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Narinder Singh retweetledi
#SPARSHFailsVeterans DAY 110 URGENT!🌟
🇮🇳 OPEN LETTER to Sh Rajesh Kumar Singh, IAS Defence Secretary :
(Email to Defence Secy sent 17 Nov 25)
▪️SPARSH crisis—data from old PPOs, not 2017 ePPOs,
▪️rushed rollout, no testing!
▪️PCDA shirks duty,
▪️burdens 70-80% aged JCOs/ORs in villages with errors (DOBs, spouses, pensions).
▪️ RETWEET/LIKE NOW, make him know the gravity & to demand CAG Efficiency-cum-Performance Audit!
▪️Forward to ALL WhatsApp groups for maximum Veterans support !
📩 Link
x.com/RajKuma3515260…
#FixSPARSHNow #JusticeForVeterans #JaiHind 🇮🇳
@SpokespersonMoD @HQ_IDS_India @DefenceAccounts @RDXThinksThat
@ragarwal @ColTekpal @k_kushal
@IndianExpress @thetribunechd @htTweets @timesofindia
Lt Col R K Bhardwaj (Retd)@RajKuma35152604
#SPARSHFailsVeterans Day 110: OPEN LETTER TO SH RAJESH KUMAR SINGH, DEFENCE SECRETARY 🌟 🇮🇳 Sir, As a voice for some of 3.2 million trapped Ex-Servicemen pensioners, I humbly appeal for your urgent intervention in the SPARSH crisis. Launched on 24 Feb 25, our #SPARSHFailsVeterans campaign (31,362 views, 132 RTs) x.com/RajKuma3515260… fights for 70–80% JCOs/ORs, including widows, betrayed by a flawed system. With respect, the gravity of this issue demands your priority action. 📢 THE CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF SPARSH: - Flawed Data Migration: The Defence Accounts Department (DAD) transferred data using outdated legacy Pension Payment Orders (PPOs) from 1976–2016, ignoring 2017 ePPOs issued post-7th CPC. This created 50% blank/wrong data for 3.2 million pensioners. - Rushed Rollout: Without testing on a small group or stabilizing the system, DAD migrated data at “supersonic speed,” bypassing due diligence. - Burden on Veterans: Instead of updating data themselves—holding PPOs, Corr PPOs & LPC cum Data Sheets—PCDA Pensions forced this task on aged, less-educated, non-tech-savvy pensioners (70–80% JCOs/ORs in villages/small towns), majority unable to comply. - Silly Mistakes: Errors abound—names misspelled, ranks/QS wrong, DOBs as 01/01/3031, spouses marked dead/alive incorrectly, handicapped children’s details (physical/mental) swapped, disability/gallantry pensions omitted, and age-related revisions (80/85 years) ignored. - Grievance Fiasco: Once pensioners lodged complaints, PCDA (P) closed them without resolution, leaving issues unaddressed. - Indifference: Neither PCDA (P) nor Service HQs have assessed the onground reality or taken remedial steps, signaling a total systemic collapse. 💔 OUR STRUGGLE AND DISRESPECT: - Campaign Launch: #SPARSHFailsVeterans began 24 Feb 25, with a change.org petition, 5151+ signatures: c.org/ZNH8WhK5Vc seeking justice. - Outreach Efforts: Emails, PMOPG & CPGRAM complaints were sent to Hon’ble PM @narendramodi & RM @rajnathsingh, but CGDA intentionally misrouted them, closing cases without forwarding to their offices. - RTI Roadblocks: Filed RTIs faced evasive replies with CIC complaints pending mid-2026. - Media Spotlight: Moneycontrol - 15 Jul 25 moneycontrol.com/news/india/arm… and Indian Express - 27 Jul 25 indianexpress.com/article/cities… exposed the crisis, yet no action followed. - Open Letters Ignored: Emails & X posts to #CDS Gen Anil Chauhan, #COAS Gen Upendra Dwivedi, #CNS Adm Dinesh K Tripathi, #CAS Air Chief Marshal AP Singh, #CGDA Sh Vishvajit Sahay & TCS leaders (Mr K Krithivasan CEO, Mr Manoj Indulkar Operational Head Business India, Mr Tej Paul Bhatla Sr VP & Business Head Govt India) received no response. - Broken Promise: On Veterans Day 14 Jan 25, #CAS Air Chief Marshal AP Singh assured veterans at Manekshaw Auditorium, “We know the SPARSH problems & action is being taken… approach us, not public platforms” (Watch: t.co/m9FElr1BV2). Ten months later, silence persists. 😞 A FEELING OF BETRAYAL: We, who guarded India’s borders, feel disrespected. CGDA’s focus on covering blunders—e.g., awarding PCDA (P) for “excellence” despite failures—over remedial action deepens our plight. This is not the honor we earned. ✨ DEMAND FOR JUSTICE: - CAG Audit: Conduct an Efficiency-cum-Performance Audit to uncover the crisis’s full extent, enabling informed remedies. - Data Correction: Direct PCDA (P) to update blank/wrong data using their records, relieving ESM pensioners & overburdened Record Offices from this harassment. 📧 Email Sent: This Open letter is already emailed today (attached) 🙏 Sir, as Head of the Department of Defence, we look to you for resolution. Our sacrifices deserve dignity, not despair. Please act swiftly. @SpokespersonMoD @HQ_IDS_India @DefenceAccounts @tpbhatla @TCS @adgpi @indiannavy @IAF_MCC @ViriatoFern @CaptBrijesh @IndianExpress @grewal_sharma @moneycontrolcom @nalinmehta @thetribunechd @ajaynewsman @RDXThinksThat @ragarwal @ColTekpal
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Narinder Singh retweetledi
The name Major Shaitan Singh and the battle of Rezang La are immortalized in India's military history! His Param Vir Chakra-awarded courage embodies the highest traditions of the armed forces, providing an eternal example of supreme sacrifice and unwavering leadership in national defense. 🇮🇳🫡
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@jkmediasocial Very sad. Big loss to the fans. We lost a don of the era
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Popular Punjabi actor-comedian Jaswinder Bhalla, 65, died on Friday morning at Fortis Hospital in Mohali. The funeral will be held on August 23 at 12 noon at the Balongi cremation ground in Mohali. A large number of fans and artists are expected to gather to pay their last respects.
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@RajKuma35152604 It's sad on daily basis the long plaguing grievances by defence Veterans been aired to all concerned yet no response or empathy been shown. It is sad and most unfortunate that our own and our own India is disowning us
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🇮🇳 Day 78 #SPARSHFailsVeterans:
A Respectful Plea for Welfare Amid Operation Sindoor Debate!
🚀 We, Tri-Service Veterans of India, humbly renew our call for over 30 lakh Ex-Servicemen affected by SPARSH’s Pension woes, a struggle spotlighted since 24 Feb 25, with 22,231 views [x.com/RajKuma3515260…]
The 2023 shift from Legacy PPOs, bypassing 2017 ePPOs, has plunged 6.5 lakh Veterans—25% of all—into a CRISIS of Unpaid Revised Pensions, Delayed age adjustments, miscalculated disbursements, withheld Arrears, and denied Family Pension. Elderly Veterans, often unversed in technology and isolated in remote villages, bear the brunt of updating data through overburdened Record Offices, a task beyond their means.
📢 Our campaign, backed by a 5,152-signature petition [chng.it/ZNH8WhK5Vc]
from a former Army Chief and Senior Generals, and supported by emails and tweets since Feb, has met with silence.
🔎 RTIs (CGDFA/R/E/25/00115, CGDFA/R/E/25/00183) with evasive replies
CIC complaints (CIC/609659, CIC/610540) remain pending,
while a CAG audit Request goes unheeded.
🔥 Moneycontrol.com’s 14 Jul exposé [share.google/NVxigRZoEeaIOh…]
confirms a 20% error rate, underscoring the urgency.
🏛️ As the Parliament Monsoon Session (July 21–August 21, 2025) unfolds, the #OperationSindoor debate in Lok Sabha stretched for 10 hours until midnight yesterday, with 6+ hours (potentially more) continuing today, while Rajya Sabha’s discussion begins today at a yet-to-be-announced time.
This pivotal moment highlights National resolve, and prioritizing the welfare of Ex-Servicemen—ensuring fair Pensionary benefits, earning Respect from Government offices and the Public—will not only uplift our Veterans but also Serve as a powerful Morale Booster for the Standing Armed Forces.
✴️ We respectfully urge Hon’ble Prime Minister @narendramodi Ji
and Hon’ble Defence Minister @rajnathsingh Ji
to:
1️⃣ Address SPARSH’s dysfunction
2️⃣ Mandate a CAG audit as sought by 5,152 veterans
3️⃣ Permit bank payments for pre-2016, over-60, and family pensioners
4️⃣ Engage Armed Forces technocrats to support CGDA/PCDA (P)
🎖️ We appeal to CDS #GenAnilChauhan, #COAS #GenUpendraDwivedi, #CNS #AdmiralDineshKTripathi and #CAS #AirChiefMarshalAPSingh—our comrades of 35-40 years from Lt/Sub Lt/Fg Offr ranks—to kindly inform Hon’ble PM @narendramodi Ji
of this ground reality.
1️⃣ Veterans, often less educated, non-tech-savvy and alone in remote areas, cannot manage data updates, and 2️⃣ Record Offices are ill-equipped.
3️⃣ We request DAD staff at CGDA/PCDA (Pensions) to correct blank and faulty data,
4️⃣ Advocating a CAG audit to reveal SPARSH’s failures and guide solutions.
📣 With utmost respect, we invite Hon’ble Leader of the Opposition @RahulGandhi
and esteemed MPs
@ShashiTharoor @Swamy39
@MahuaMoitra @supriya_sule
@rautsanjay61 @priyankac19
@yadavakhilesh @Dimpleyadav9719
@GauravGogoiAsm @ViriatoFern
and @CaptBrijesh
to raise this issue in Parliament, endorsing the audit.
🙏 Hon’ble media, please amplify: @moneycontrolcom @Network18Group
@ABPNews @ndtvindia @TimesNow @News18India
@IndianExpress @the_hindu
@timesofindia @htTweets @ANI
@nalinmehta @grewal_sharma
Let’s strengthen our forces’ spirit!
@PMOIndia
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#DefenceSecretary
#ShRajeshKumarSingh
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@ragarwal @ColTekpal @ColAmitkumar @Ravindra_Fouji
#SPARSHFailsVeterans #CAGAuditNow #ParliamentMonsoonSession #OperationSindoor
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CAG must Audit SPARSH Disaster,Email Pasted. PCDA(P) Prayagraj Dodges RTI,CGDFA/R/E/25/00115 dt 9/1/25 Closed(Incomplete Reply)Pasted. Ex-Servicemen Denied Rev Pension.Funds Delayed,PPOs Ungenerated
@PMOIndia @DefenceMinIndia @DefenceAccounts @PcdaPensions
#SPARSHFailsVeterans
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@RajKuma35152604 @adgpi @DIAV20 It is dire need of the times to resolve issues related with SPARSH without any further delay. This delay has adversely affected morale of the forces
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🇮🇳#ExServicemenWelfare
FOLLOW-UP APPEAL (Reply to 18 Jul 25 Tweet):
@adgpi
#GeneralUpendraDwivedi #COAS,
#LtGenVPSKaushik #AdjutantGeneral,
@DIAV20
#BrigMandeepSingh #BrigDIAV – We respectfully request your directive for Colonel Veterans PAN India to establish WhatsApp groups to enhance Ex-Servicemen welfare. The #SPARSH crisis has heightened veterans' reliance on Colonel Veterans for data updates and grievance redressal.
🔈Proposed Initiatives:
▪️Organize outreach programs in remote towns, villages, and non-military stations, coordinated by Colonel Veterans within their AOR.
▪️Install independent helplines (mobile/telephone/email) for assistance on SPARSH, ECHS, CSD, and Kendriya Sainik Board (KSB) schemes.
@SpokespersonMoD @secyesw
#DefenceSecretary #SecretaryESW – Kindly advise:
▪️Kendriya Sainik Board (KSB) to direct Rajya Sainik Boards (RSB) and Zila Sainik Boards (ZSB) to support DIAV outreach.
▪️ @DefenceAccounts #CGDA to deploy DAD staff for DIAV outreach programs.
Col A Srivastava (Uttarakhand, 95969 90129) remains unresponsive since Jan-Jun 25; Col S Sharma (K&K, 89866 65444) succeeds. Email 23 Jul 25 (attached) reinforces this. Act now!
@PMOIndia @DefenceMinIndia
@HQ_IDS_India @indiannavy @IAF_MCC
@NorthernComd_IA @IaSouthern
@westerncomd_IA @easterncomd
@suryacommand @KSBSectt
@UBArea_IA
@PRODefDehradun
#GOCUttarakhandSubArea #ColVeteranUttarakhandSubArea @Prodef_blr
#GOCKandKSubArea #ColVeteranKandKSubArea – Support this!
🙏 Media, amplify:
@grewal_sharma @indianexpressnl
@PriyanshVerma4 @moneycontrolcom
@ABPNews @ANI @Network18Group
@PIB_India
@ragarwal @ColTekpal
#SupportOurVeterans #SPARSHFailsVeterans
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#ExServicemenWelfare #DIAVColVeteranCells
@adgpi
#AdjutantGeneral #LtGenVPSKaushik
Sir, I respectfully urge you to issue guidance to Brig DIAV and Colonel Veterans across all Sub Areas HQs, Area HQs, and Command HQs to establish and maintain dedicated WhatsApp or Google groups for Ex-Servicemen within their Areas of Responsibility (AOR). These groups would serve as vital communication channels to disseminate important welfare schemes, updates, and directives from Higher Headquarters, ensuring no veteran is left uninformed.
@DIAV20, #BrigDIAV Sir, As an Ex-Serviceman permanently settled in Dehradun, I have made repeated attempts to connect with Col Aditya Srivastava, Colonel Veteran of Uttarakhand Sub Area (Contact: 95969 90129), via WhatsApp to inquire about the existence of such a group and request inclusion. Despite sharing my details and persistence (as evidenced in the attached screenshots from Jan 2025 to June 2025), I have received no response, nor have I been added to any group as of 18 Jul 2025. Additionally, phone attempts have been unsuccessful, with the number appearing unattended.
This lack of communication hinders the timely sharing of essential information with veterans in the region.
In contrast, I commend Col Siddhartha Sharma, Colonel Veteran of K and K Sub Area (Contact: 89866 65444), for his proactive approach. Despite my clarification that I reside in Dehradun and not Bangalore, he graciously included me in the K and K Sub Area Veterans WhatsApp Group. This group actively circulates a wealth of welfare-related information, including letters and updates, which are immensely beneficial to Ex-Servicemen. His efforts highlight the potential of such platforms to foster connectivity and support.
Sirs, I administer four PAN India WhatsApp Groups for Tri-services Veterans voluntarily, assisting with welfare matters, and have been advocating for better communication channels.
The Directorate Indian Army Veterans Cell (DIAV) at IHQ MoD (Army) oversees Colonel Veterans under each Command, Area, and Sub Area HQ for Ex-Servicemen welfare. However, on the ground, there is little awareness of their charter of duties, and many Colonel Veterans lack direct communication with the veteran community in their AOR. Establishing groups with a capacity of 1024 members each (with additional groups created if needed) would leverage existing Ex-Servicemen data maintained by Colonel Veterans.
Sirs, Notably, WhatsApp Groups of ECHS Polyclinics and Station CSDs are already operational in most Military Stations, effectively supporting Ex-Servicemen welfare. If these groups can exist and function successfully, Colonel Veterans WhatsApp groups can also be created and made Operational with similar efficacy.
On behalf of myself and fellow Ex-Servicemen from my WhatsApp Groups, I request #AdjutantGeneral #BrigDIAV @adgpi @DIAV20
to direct this initiative, support and encourage Colonel Veterans to adopt these channels. Effective communication is critical to supporting our veteran community, and these groups would bridge existing gaps.
I request @PRODefDehradun to forward this tweet/Request to respected (since don't have an X Account) to
#GOCUttarakhandSubArea #ColVeteran, @UBArea_IA #GOC
#ColVeteran, @suryacommand
#ColVeteran,
@Prodef_blr requested to forward this tweet to #GOCKandKSubArea and #ColVeteranKandKSubArea (since don't have an X Account).
Please amplify this call for enhanced veteran welfare communication -
@ANI @Network18Group @htTweets
@ABPNews @thetribunechd
@IndianExpress
@manaman_chhina @AdityaRajKaul
@moneycontrolcom @nalinmehta @PriyanshVerma4
#IndianVeteransCommNetWork
#SPARSHFailsVeterans
@HQ_IDS_India @SpokespersonMoD @adgpi @indiannavy @IAF_MCC @NAVYESM @ragarwal @ColTekpal
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