NEW DELHI: The Defence Ministry has tweaked existing rules for granting family pension to divorced daughters of armed forces personnel if their divorce petition has been filed during the lifetime of one of their parents.
Earlier, divorced daughters of armed forces personnel were eligible for family pension if a decree of divorce had been issued by the competent court during the life time of at least one of the parents.
The Defence Ministry said it amended the rules after receiving representations from various quarters to review the eligibility criteria and cited cases where divorce proceedings were initiated during the lifetime of one or both parents but none were alive by the time the decree of divorce was granted. (AGENCIES)
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