Former Officers Question Modi Diktat on Jawans Attending Commanders Conference Seeking innovation and novelty , Modi had called for the participation of personnel below officer rank in these meetings, which officials say could end up diluting the services command-and-control structure.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at the Combined Commandersâ Conference at Kevadia in Narmada district of Gujarat, Friday, March 5, 2021. Also seen are Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh. Photo: PTI.
Security05/Mar/2021
Chandigarh:Â The participation of personnel below officer rank (PBOR) in the ongoing Combined Commanders Conference (CCC) at Kevadia in Gujarat, following a recent government directive, has been widely castigated as “disruptive, disturbing and uncalled-for” by serving and retired Indian military officers.
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From the Military to the Police and Bureaucracy, Officersâ Spouses Pull Rank Too
In the army, commanding officersâ wives operate within a fixed spousal hierarchy and unchallenged chain of command over younger women that mirror the positions their spouses occupy.
Representative image. Photo: ADGPI - Indian Army/Facebook
Society10/Jan/2021
Chandigarh: There is an axiom in Indian official circles that the spouses of military officers, police officers and bureaucrats, especially at senior levels, behave as if they are a rank or post higher than the officers they are married to.
Anyone familiar with life in cantonments, mofussil areas, medium and small towns, or all three across the country, will definitely endorse the reality that official spouses have, over decades, emerged as a formidable force in their respective environments, their overbearing aura largely a reflection of the exalted position they are married to.