New Delhi, Feb. 12 -- A provision in the Finance Bill 2026 that seeks to provide income-tax benefits only to soldiers invalided out of service due to disabilities attributable to or aggravated by service, and exclude those who served and superannuated with disabilities has triggered resentment in some military circles, with several veterans wading into the debate saying the discrimination is unjustified and has created two classes of disabled soldiers. The bill proposes providing an express statutory exemption in respect of disability pension in cases where an individual has been invalided out of service on account of such disability attributable to, or aggravated by, such service. "However, the said exemption shall not be available where t...