Tax Shadow Over Centennial Honours: Attack on Disability Pensions Must Be Reversed
Tax Shadow Over Centennial Honours: Attack on Disability Pensions Must Be Reversed Colonel Sanjay Mani Pradhan, Veteran The relationship between a nation and a soldier is not a simple employment contract. It is a relationship of trust—a silent promise born of blood, bullets, utmost dedication and honour. When a soldier loses a part of his body, his health, his ease of life for the sake of the nation's security, then the disability pension given to him by the nation is not mercy—it is compensation. That is honour, an embodiment of national gratitude. But the 2026-27 budget proposal has raised questions about this honour. It has b...