Lt Col. NT Jose

[Lt Col. NT Jose @39_891485]

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A Thread 🚨Since when did Siachen become a "lifestyle choice," https://t.co/iG7YKXyBbz

The "very biased" Indian Express is busy peddling a PAC report claiming 40% of retiring officers with disability "does not speak well" for Army fitness
Let’s talk about that "lifestyle’ ⬇️

[Lt Col. NT Jose @39_891485]

@RuchiSinghTalks So called Life Style disease is never asked by a soldier. Nor it can be sef induced at the age of 35.#KeepDisabilityPensionTaxFree.

[The Ruchi Connect @RuchiSinghTalks]

While the Lutyens gang is busy grading "fitness" from their AC cabins, our officers are paying the physiological bill for defending a nation that barely understands the cost.

#KeepDisabilityPensionTaxFree
#IndianArmy #IranWar‌

[Lt Col. NT Jose @39_891485]

@DasmohanVani @RuchiSinghTalks Life style disease is forced upon a soldiers.# KeepDisabilityPensionTaxfree

[Col Dr Vikrant Srivastava @manvik2010]

@Jaswind67390736 @RuchiSinghTalks @rakeshshuk25271 Request for withdrawal of proposed Amendment affecting income tax exemption on pension of disabled soldiers of the Indian Armed Forces🙏🙏
#KeepDisabilityPensionTaxFree

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All our Brave Armed Forces deserve lot, it is also responsibility of entire nation to regard reward care for brave hearts also let their pension be also tax free esp those are injured in line of duty. Thanks to our GoI for facilitating our Men In Uniform as they deserve it ,once again req to extend few more.... #KeepDisabilityPensionTaxFree
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Chief Justice of India Surya Kant to visit Leh on March 28, and address the Army from the Base Camp.

It will be the first time a CJI will be visiting Leh and addressing the Army from the Base Camp.

CJI also to inaugurate the District Court buildings at Leh and Kargil.

[Lt Col. NT Jose @39_891485]

@dgaurav7 @FinMinIndia @nsitharaman Better beg in street than taxing a wounded soldier. If Nation still feel that a disabled soldier is a liability, better eliminate the whole lot.

[Gaurav Dutta @dgaurav7]

I wonder who was the petty, vile and small minded person in the @FinMinIndia who suggested to @nsitharaman that Indian economy can only be saved by taxing the smallest of relief given to a soldier with a disability acquired during the course of his service to the Nation.
A disability that will continue to have implications for the person. Worsen over time and make daily life more difficult with increasing age.
@rashtrapatibhvn should confer the person with a well deserved a Bharat Ratna for saving the economy of India.
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#KeepDisabilityPensionTaxfree

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[Lt Col. NT Jose @39_891485]

@dgaurav7 Please return their limbs and take back the entire Disability Pension. If possible, arrange a mass killing of all Disabled Soldiers .Get rid of the problem once and for all. ☺️😔#KeepDisabilityPensionTaxfree

[Gaurav Dutta @dgaurav7]

Can :
-A person who was injured in a mine blast and had one/both legs/arms amputated, fake disability?
-Someone who suffered gunshot wounds to his/her abdomen and had half his intestines removed fake a disability?
-Someone who has metal plates holding their spine in place fake disability?
-Someone who developed High Altitude Pulmonary Oedema in Siachen Glacier fake disability?
What kind of justice is this? @narendramodi @PMOIndia @rajnathsingh @nsitharaman @nsitharamanoffc @adgpi @IAF_MCC @indiannavy @SpokespersonMoD @dgafms_mod
#KeepDisabilityPensionTaxFree

[Lt Col. NT Jose @39_891485]

@PrakashWKamatPK No country is going to become rich by taxing disabled soldiers. It's a National Shame.#KeepDisabilityPensionTaxfree

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[Lt Col. NT Jose @39_891485]

@iamviveksri Patriotic feeling shouldn't be limited to 26th Jan pomp & frolic.# KeepDisabilityPensionTaxfree

[Vivek Srivastav @iamviveksri]

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.

This proposed amendment has caused profound pain and distress among disabled veterans across the country. No nation should tax the disability compensation of soldiers who were injured in the line of duty while serving their country. In India, disability pension, including War Injury Pension, has remained tax-exempt since 1922. This was never regarded as a mere financial concession. It has always stood as a solemn expression of national gratitude and a moral acknowledgment of the permanent sacrifice made by those injured in service of the Nation.

A disability sustained during military service does not cease at retirement. The pain, restricted mobility, psychological trauma, and lifelong consequences remain unchanged whether a soldier is invalided out early or continues to serve until superannuation. In fact, those who continue to serve despite disability demonstrate exceptional resilience, commitment, and devotion to duty. To tax them simply because they endured and completed their tenure sends a deeply unjust message: that perseverance in service is to be penalized, not honored.

The amendment creates an artificial, arbitrary, and discriminatory distinction between two equally disabled classes of veterans: those invalided out and those who completed service. Both suffered disabilities attributable to or aggravated by military service. Both bear those injuries for life. There is no moral, logical, or equitable basis to exempt one category while taxing the other.

Disabled veterans include officers, JCOs, and soldiers who have suffered limb loss, spinal injuries, gunshot wounds, blast trauma, frostbite, paralysis, loss of hearing, loss of sight, and other irreversible service-related conditions. Many served in war and war-like situations, high-altitude deployments, counter-insurgency operations, and counter-terror missions under extreme physical and psychological stress. These disabilities are not incidental. They are the direct consequence of duty performed in defense of the Nation.

Service-related disability often affects career progression due to low medical categorization, reducing promotion opportunities and long-term earning capacity. After retirement, disabled veterans frequently face greater difficulty in securing employment than their able-bodied counterparts. Taxing the disability element of their pension would therefore be not only unjust in principle, but cruel in impact.

If concerns exist regarding misuse in isolated cases, such instances should be addressed through targeted administrative scrutiny. Genuine disabled veterans must not be made to suffer because of procedural exceptions. This exemption was granted in recognition of permanent injury and sacrifice. It is not a discretionary favor, and it must not be treated as a conditional privilege.

This issue has caused serious anguish across the 32-lakh-strong veteran and pensioner community. At a time when the Armed Forces continue to face manpower shortages, such a measure risks weakening trust in the State’s commitment to those who serve, suffer, and sacrifice for the country.

I therefore earnestly request that the proposed amendment to Schedule III under Para 108 (page 88) of the Finance Bill 2026 be withdrawn, so that the tax exemption on disability pension continues without discrimination for all disabled Armed Forces personnel.

This is not merely a matter of taxation. It is a matter of justice, dignity, honor, and the Nation’s enduring covenant with its soldiers.

#KeepDisabiltyPensionTaxFree !!

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[Lt Col. NT Jose @39_891485]

@rakeshshuk25271 @narendramodi @nsitharaman @rajnathsingh @RahulGandhi KeepDisabilityPensionTaxfree. Absolute Injustice.

[Lt Col. NT Jose @39_891485]

@iamviveksri @FinMinIndia KeepDisabilityPensionTaxfree

[Vivek Srivastav @iamviveksri]

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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