Indian Military : Service Benefits and Issues

The following co-authored piece has been published by LIVE LAW today: Rebooting Tribunals and recalibrating delivery of justice Justice Virender Singh and Major Navdeep Singh One of t...

http://www.indianmilitary.info/2020/06/rebooting-tribunals-and-recalibrating.html

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 unsol...

http://www.indianmilitary.info/2020/05/joint-opinion-piece-with-lt-gen-satish.html

MILITARY PENSIONS: COMMENTARY, CASE LAW & PROVISIONS is a treatise containing easy-to-understand commentary on various types and modalities of pension with the law governing the subject and...

http://www.indianmilitary.info/2020/05/book-release-military-pensions.html

My opinion piece for THE ASIAN AGE (23rd Feb 2020) on women in the military, in the backdrop of the Supreme Court decision on the subject: Won’t be talking point a few years down the line ...

http://www.indianmilitary.info/2020/02/my-opinion-piece-for-asian-age-23-rd.html

 My oped for the TIMES OF INDIA : Burgeoning Military Pension Bill- the need for practical solutions There is a need for ingenious solutions rather than vilification of concepts like OROP o...

http://www.indianmilitary.info/2019/10/oped-for-times-of-india-no-need-to.html

 “...it is hope & triumph that the book embodies, not despair...” My book, “Maimed by the System” would be available @ 33% discount till Independence Day, 15th August, 2019. The dis...

http://www.indianmilitary.info/2019/08/maimed-by-system-available-at-33.html

Ms Ratna Viswanathan and I have co-authored an opinion piece for ‘THE PRINT’ titled “Problem isn’t taxing disability pension of Armed forces, but demonising disability”, which covers ...

http://www.indianmilitary.info/2019/07/opinion-piece-in-print-problem-isnt.html

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...

http://www.indianmilitary.info/2019/06/explainer-on-concept-of-disability.html

I write for THE QUINT on the unfortunate helicopter crash which is being speculated to have been caused by friendly fire and wherein it was hinted in the media that the concerned officers may b...

http://www.indianmilitary.info/2019/05/the-budgam-helicopter-crash-fog-of-war.html

I am all for enforcement of legal rights and fully believe that one of the most precious privileges of a citizen in our democracy is the ability to challenge the might of the State. However a re...

http://www.indianmilitary.info/2019/04/need-for-military-community-to-stay.html

The Cabinet has today extended the Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) to the above categories of non-pensioners of the military. Non-pensioner ‘ex-servicemen’ were initially g...

http://www.indianmilitary.info/2019/03/medical-facilities-to-non-pensioners-of.html

This would probably be one of the most important moves in recent times for disabled personnel of the uniformed forces. On judicial intervention of the Kerala High Court and further prodding by...

http://www.indianmilitary.info/2019/02/minimum-qualifying-service-requirement.html

It gives me immense satisfaction in stating that I have been given to understand that the Raksha Mantri Ms Nirmala Sitharaman has directed the withdrawal of appeals filed in the Supreme Court ag...

http://www.indianmilitary.info/2019/02/withdrawal-of-litigation-against.html

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has issued orders for basing the minimum basic pension @ Rs 18000 for disability pensioners (combined rate of service element/service pension + Disability Element),...

http://www.indianmilitary.info/2019/02/ministry-of-defence-enhances-minimum.html

General VP Malik and I attempt to address issues related to the decision-making process in the defence establishment, in "The Tribune" . The unabridged version is as below: DEFENCE DECISION-MA...

http://www.indianmilitary.info/2019/01/joint-opinion-piece-on-defence-decision.html

Disabled soldiers are again in the news. It is heartening to see growing awareness on the subject, especially the invisible disabilities that one cannot see. It is also heartening to see pos...

http://www.indianmilitary.info/2018/12/three-articles-on-disabled-soldiers.html

(Originally published for Bar & Bench ) Navdeep Singh This might be the oddest and the longest opinion piece I have penned, and therefore it is in two parts, albeit being published simultane...

http://www.indianmilitary.info/2018/11/defence-ministrys-approach-to.html

I write on the implication of the Supreme Court ruling on adultery on the military for THE QUINT: In wake of decriminalisation of the offence of adultery by the Supreme Court of India yesterd...

http://www.indianmilitary.info/2018/10/the-implication-of-adultery-ruling-of.html

General Hasnain and I discuss the requirement of strict adherence to human rights by the military even while operating under stressful conditions. The co-authored piece has appeared in The Tribu...

http://www.indianmilitary.info/2018/09/resisting-provocation-and-retaining.html

EXPLAINER The implication of the ruling on Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) on the Indian Military Many have posed questions to me on the above subject and my views were also carri...

http://www.indianmilitary.info/2018/09/implications-on-indian-military.html

My book, Maimed by the System (2018), would be available at 33% discount till Independence Day, 15th August, 2018 at www.notionpress.com/read/maimed-by-the-system Use discount coupon- HUMAN...

http://www.indianmilitary.info/2018/08/my-book-maimed-by-system-2018-available.html

All India Radio interviewed me early morning today on Kargil, disabled soldiers, the effect of stress & strain of military service on health, welfare of soldiers, and beyond.... May lend an e...

http://www.indianmilitary.info/2018/07/my-interview-to-all-india-radio.html

http://www.indianmilitary.info/2018/07/my-talk-at-tedx-where-i-attempt-to.html

My piece on military injustice, also published @ Medium . Not many in India would have heard about a young British soldier called PRIVATE HARRY FARR. Not many would also have heard about the...

http://www.indianmilitary.info/2018/06/why-does-india-need-its-own-farr-and.html

My op-ed for DNA on the need to make Short Service Commission more attractive, introducing contributory pension, thereby lowering the pension bill and leading to better cadre & promotional mana...

http://www.indianmilitary.info/2018/06/op-ed-making-short-service-commission.html