Act, 1961, âsalaryâ has been defined to include pension, the pension received by the officials of the UNO, after retirement, from the United Nations joint Staff Pension Fund will also be exempt from tax.
desolation (countable and uncountable, plural desolations) 1  The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation. 2  The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess. 3  A place or country wasted and forsaken.
(comparative more desolate, superlative most desolate) 1  Deserted and devoid of inhabitants. a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house. 2  Barren and lifeless. 3  Made unfit for habitation or use; laid waste; neglected; destroyed. 4  Dismal or dreary. 5  Sad, forlorn and hopeless.