New Delhi, January 29: Army Chief Deepak Kapoor has refused to accept a 20 per cent hike in his pension provided on the basis of his disability suffered during service.
61-year-old Kapoor was last November found to have suffered impairment in his left ear after exposure to booming sound of artillery guns during a demonstration on anti-terror operation in the US in July last year.
After the disability was reported in the media, the Army Chief is said to have written to Defence Minister A K Antony, saying he was not inclined towards receiving the disability pension after his retirement on March 31 this year.
The disability, which put him in a low medical category, would have fetched him 20 per cent more pension.
–Agencies