Col P Joshi ( Retd)

बिल्कुल सही फरमाया आपने। इसलिए सरकार ने अपने ऐसे कर्मठ विधायकों की पेंशन के लिए दिव्यांग सैनिकों की दिव्यंका पेंशन पर टैक्स लगाने की घोषणा की है। #KeepDisabilityPensionTaxFree

@IndiaNewGen बिल्कुल सही फरमाया आपने। इसलिए सरकार ने अपने ऐसे कर्मठ विधायकों की पेंशन के लिए दिव्यांग सैनिकों की दिव्यंका पेंशन पर टैक्स लगाने की घोषणा की है। #KeepDisabilityPensionTaxFree

Taxes are created by non competent, non hard working, so that people who are able to earn, their money can be taken largely and distribute among those who pretend to be running the country. Raja maharajas & politicians collect huge tax from people, Britishers charge less tax.

It's very sad that Government is stooping down so low as to tax disabled veterans and creating discrimination in disability. #KeepDisabiltyPensionTaxFree

Thanks @MahuaMoitra for understanding and taking up a very valid issue. #KeepDisabilityPensionTaxFree

I respectfully urge your immediate intervention regarding Para 108 (page 88) of the Finance Bill 2026, which proposes to withdraw the long-standing income tax exemption on disability pension for Armed Forces personnel who superannuated, completed their service tenure, or retired otherwise. No country taxes disability compensation of soldiers disabled in line of duty. This proposed amendment has caused deep pain and distress among disabled veterans across the country. Disability pension, including War Injury Pension, has remained tax-exempt since 1922. This exemption was never treated as a mere financial concession. It has always stood as a mark of national gratitude and a moral acknowledgment of the permanent sacrifice made by soldiers injured in the line of duty. A disability sustained during military service does not disappear upon retirement. The physical pain, restricted mobility, psychological trauma, and lifelong consequences remain the same whether a soldier is invalided out early or continues to serve until superannuation. In fact, those who continue serving despite disability display extraordinary resilience, commitment, and devotion to duty. Taxing them for completing their tenure sends a deeply unfair message that perseverance is a liability. The proposed amendment creates an artificial and discriminatory distinction between two equally disabled categories of veterans: those invalided out and those who completed service. Both suffered injuries attributable to or aggravated by service conditions. Both carry the burden of those injuries for life. There is no moral, functional, or equitable basis to exempt one and tax the other. Disabled veterans include officers, JCOs, and soldiers who have suffered limb loss, spinal injuries, gunshot wounds, blast trauma, frostbite, paralysis, hearing loss, sight loss, and other irreversible service-related conditions. Many have served in war and war-like situations, high-altitude postings, counter-insurgency operations, and counter-terror missions under severe physical and psychological stress. Their disabilities are not incidental; they are the direct result of duty performed in defence of the Nation. Further, service-related disability often affects career progression due to low medical categorization, reducing promotion prospects and long-term earning potential. After retirement, many disabled veterans are also less employable than their able-bodied counterparts. Imposing tax on the disability element of their pension would therefore not only be unjust in principle, but harsh in effect. If there are concerns regarding misuse in isolated cases, such issues should be addressed through targeted administrative scrutiny. Genuine disabled veterans should not be penalized because of procedural exceptions. The exemption was granted in recognition of permanent injury and sacrifice, not as a conditional privilege. This issue has caused serious anguish within the 32-lakh strong veteran and pensioner community. At a time when the Armed Forces continue to face manpower shortages, this measure risks weakening trust in the State’s commitment to those who serve and sacrifice. Please withdraw the Amendment to Schedule III under Para 108 (page 88) of the Finance Bill 2026, so that the tax exemption on disability pension continues without discrimination for all disabled Armed Forces personnel. This is not merely a taxation issue. It is a matter of fairness, honour, and the Nation’s enduring covenant with its soldiers. #KeepDisabiltyPensionTaxFree !! @timesofindia @EconomicTimes @htTweets @TimesNow @NewsAlgebraIND @FinancialTimes @ZeeNews @ZeeNewsEnglish @Network18 @IndiaToday @HtMed @vineetjaintimes @aimaindia @STARINDIAUPUK @ndtv @ndtvfeed @the_hindu @IndianExpress @BDUTT @gauravsawant @timesofindia @htTweets @thetribunechd @bsdhanoa @IndianExpress @VoteTDP @nppbihar1 @JANATADALUNITED @LokJanshakti @PChidambaram_IN @ManishTewari @ShashiTharoor @rajnathsingh @asadowaisi @RajeevRC_X @RSSorg @ombirlakota @rashtrapatibhvn @PMOIndia @nsitharamanoffc @RuchiSinghTalks @ShivAroor @AIADMKOfficial @Shivsenaofc @ainrc @MahuaMoitra

Honourable Member of Parliament, When you address the august house on this issue on 16 Mar you will be conveying the collective anguish of countrymen cutting across party lines on the ill concieved proposal of taxing disability compensation of soldiers disabled in the line of duty and who still continued to serve. #KeepDisabilityPensionTaxFree has more than 2 Crore impressions on X and a petition on change.org has been endorsed by more than 50000. All eyes are on the house to reverse this proposal which dishonours sacrifices of soldiers without any tangible accrual to the exchequer.

A Sovereign Promise Broken: Et Tu Brutus? An Indian Fauji’s Commitment: “I swear in the name of God that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India as by the law established and that I will, as in duty bound, honesty and faithfully serve in the regular army of the Union of India and go wherever ordered by land, sea or air and that I will observe and obey all commands of the President of the Union of India, and the commands of any officer set over me even to the PERIL OF MY LIFE.” This is the oath every soldier takes. No other service, except the defence services pledge their lives and bodies to the nation. Soldiers forfeit their fundamental rights with utmost faith in the Conscience Keeping Polity and Media that they and their families would be taken care of by the nation in case of their death or disability. No one else in the country pledges this! It is a betrayal when such faith is broken in retrospect. It alarms when a government goes back on sovereign promises which were kept sacrosanct by governments of varied political affiliations since independence. @BJP4India, @PMOIndia, @nsitharaman, @rajnathsingh now want to revert the sovereign promise that income tax on pension of soldiers who are disabled in line of duty will be exempt from income tax. No country in the world taxes compensation given in lieu of bodily harm suffered in line of duty. Old, disabled, unemployable veterans now have to take a monthly cut of 25% with NO means to alternatively earn than amount. Voice of people in a democracy is unstoppable. India recorded 2.15 CRORE VIEWS on #KeepDisabilityPensionTaxFree —a tidal wave of support for our disabled soldiers! Amend Para 108 of Finance Bill 2026 NOW to protect our 104-year TAX-FREE pension status quo. Keep the Sovereign Promise, India #KeepDisabiltyPensionTaxFree !! @timesofindia,@EconomicTimes,@htTweets,@TimesNow,@NewsAlgebraIND,@FinancialTimes,@ZeeNews,@ZeeNewsEnglish,@Network18,@IndiaToday,@HtMed,@vineetjaintimes,@aimaindia,@STARINDIAUPUK,@ndtv,@ndtvfeed,@the_hindu,@IndianExpress,@BDUTT,@gauravsawant,@timesofindia, @htTweets,@thetribunechd,@bsdhanoa,@IndianExpress,@VoteTDP,@nppbihar1,@JANATADALUNITED,@LokJanshakti,@PChidambaram_IN,@ManishTewari,@ShashiTharoor,@rajnathsingh,@asadowaisi,@RajeevRC_X,@RSSorg,@ombirlakota,@rashtrapatibhvn,@PMOIndia,@nsitharamanoffc,@RuchiSinghTalks, @ShivAroor,@AIADMKOfficial,@Shivsenaofc,@ainrc,@agpofficial_

#KeepDisabilityPensionTaxFree A battlefield injury is not a taxable commodity.

@mygovindia @narendramodi Budget definitely should be built on people's aspirations and not by crushing them. Sadly the decision to tax disability pension of retired Armed Forces personnel is one such act by the government to crush aspirations. #KeepDisabilityPensionTaxFree

Budget Focused On People’s Aspirations! While addressing the post-Budget webinar on “Fulfilling Aspirations of People,” PM @narendramodi said fulfilling citizens’ aspirations is the core aim of this Budget and the government’s commitment. He highlighted sectors like education, skills, health, tourism, sports and culture, and noted that the growing care economy will create new skill-based opportunities for youth. #Budget

@sherajai A wounded soldier deserves certainty, not litigation. #KeepDisabilityPensionTaxFree

He faced bullets n lost limbs. He endured harshest terrain and weather n lost his health. N when a disabled veteran receives a compensation the same Govt who promised it wants to take it back through taxes. A Govt that encourages sacrifice n taxes dignity has forgotten its duty

@sidhant Now that the TRP reporting is gone, Media should win back the trust of people by reporting more relevant and genuine content on the injustice being done on disabled war vetrans by taking their disability pension. #KeepDisabilityPensionTaxFree

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@ocjain4 #KeepDisabilityPensionTaxFree एक ओर सरकार दिव्यांगजनों के लिए सरकारी नौकरियों में आरक्षण देती है। दूसरी ओर, सेवा के दौरान घायल होकर दिव्यांग हुए सैनिकों और अधिकारियों से कहा जा रहा है कि या तो सेवा छोड़ दें, वरना उनकी दिव्यांगता पेंशन में टैक्स लगा दिया जाएगा

राष्ट्र की रक्षा से पहले, वह भगवान के सामने सिर झुकाता है। 🇮🇳🙏

“Nation First” sounds powerful in speeches ! But when wounded Soldiers are taxed for their ‘Disability Pension’, The slogan quietly becomes “Revenue First” !!! #KeepDisabilityPensionTaxFree 🇮🇳

#KeepDisabilityPensionTaxFree Para 108 of Finance Bill 2026 MUST be amended to preserve the 104-year old STATUS QUO—keeping disabled soldiers' pensions TAX-FREE

@bahugunamc1 #KeepDisabilityPensionTaxFree

#KeepDisabilityPensionTaxFree एक ओर सरकार दिव्यांगजनों के लिए सरकारी नौकरियों में आरक्षण देती है। दूसरी ओर, सेवा के दौरान घायल होकर दिव्यांग हुए सैनिकों और अधिकारियों से कहा जा रहा है कि या तो सेवा छोड़ दें, वरना उनकी दिव्यांगता पेंशन में टैक्स लगा दिया जाएगा l

#KeepDisabilityPensionTaxFree He stood where the borders breathe in silence, Where courage walks with danger every day. Not for riches, not for comfort, But so his nation could sleep in peace. Through snow, desert, and raging fire, He carried the tricolour in his heart. 🇮🇳 Every scar a story of duty, Every step a promise kept. Some returned with medals shining, Some returned with wounds unseen. And some came home with bodies broken, Yet spirits stronger than steel. The pension he receives is not a privilege, It is not charity, nor a favour given. It is a nation’s quiet salute, To sacrifice beyond words. To tax that honour is to forget, The price that freedom truly costs. A soldier paid with pain and courage, Long before the pension arrived. Let gratitude guide our decisions, Let respect shape every law. For those who gave their strength for India, Deserve dignity forevermore. Raise your voice with pride and purpose, For justice, respect, and national grace. #KeepDisabilityPensionTaxFree 🇮🇳

But no money for disabled soldiers who have given limb and blood for the nation. #KeepDisabilityPensionTaxFree

Your tweet got 12 views, let me help you out. If you really care then start advocating #KeepDisabilityPensionTaxFree for the disabled veterans who you claim as your own. Jai Hind!