§ 2. Colonel YATEasked whether officers, warrant officers, non-commissioned officers, and men who are compulsorily retained in India after their pensions have become due are permitted to draw their pensions; and, if not, will he say why such permission is refused?
Mr. FISHERThe provisions of the Royal Warrant of 3rd December, 1917, apply to warrant and non-commissioned officers of the British Army serving in India, and arrangements for putting them into effect will be announced in India shortly, including an extension of the period for electing to take pension on completion of twenty-two years' service. The question of the extension of the provisions of the Royal Warrant to warrant and noncommissioned officers and men of the Indian Unattached List is before the Government of India. In India as elsewhere, commissioned officers retained in the Service cannot draw pension.