Army to seek disability pension for cadets invalidated during training
The Hindu
Progress in efforts by Mysuru-based VKET’s to secure disability pension for cadets invalidated during training
Efforts of Mysuru-based VeKare Ex Servicemen’s Trust (VKET) to secure disability pension and other facilities under Ex Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) to gentlemen cadet officers invalidated during military training appears to have made progress with the Indian Army taking up the case with the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
VKET president Mandetira Nanaiah Subramani has received a letter dated January 4, 2022, from the Adjutant General’s branch, IHQ of Ministry of Defence (Army), stating that a case has been taken up with the MoD following his mail on gentlemen officer cadets, who are ‘left in the lurch’ after being invalidated and sent home due to injuries suffered during ‘hazardous and tough’ military training at the National Defence Academy (NDA), Indian Military Academy (IMA) and Officers’ Training Academy (OTA).