7th CPC: Constant attendant allowance is granted to a medically invalided out service personnel in addition to disability pension for 100% disablement.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
DEPARTMENT OF EX-SERVICEMEN WELFARE
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2450
TO BE ANSWERED ON 08th August, 2022
CONSTANT ATTENDANT ALLOWANCE
2450 SHRI A. A. RAHIM:
Will the Minister of Defence be pleased to state:
(a) the number of armed forces pensioners eligible and availing the scheme of constant attendant allowance given to those who are 100 per cent disabled/blind attributable to military service;
(b) the amount given as constant attendant allowance;
(c) the details of the last five hikes in the allowance and dates of the same;
(d) the reasons that the allowance is not following minimum wage; and
(e) whether Government is planning to increase the allowance to match the minimum wage?
A N S W E R
MINISTER OF STATE (SHRI AJAY BHATT)
IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
(a): 1425 (approximately)
(b): Rs. 90.39 lakh (approximately) in a month.
(c): The details are as under: –
| Sr. No. | Rate | Date |
| 1. | Rs. 600/- per month | 01.01.1996 |
| 2. | Rs. 3000/- per month | 01.01.2006 |
| 3. | Rs. 3750/- per month | 01.01.2011 |
| 4. | Rs. 4500/- per month | 01.01.2014 |
| 5. | Rs. 6750/- per month | 01.07.2017 |
(e): No, Sir
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