RTI | How many women officers are there in Indian Army?
RTI | How many women officers are there in Indian Army?
Gender equality is a work in progress in the armed forces. An RTI application filed by India Today reveals their current status in the Indian Army.
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UPDATED: March 8, 2021 17:03 IST
Women Lok Rakshak Dal police personnel demonstrate their skills on the occasion of International Women s Day at police stadium in Ahmedabad on Monday (Photo Credits: PTI)
HIGHLIGHTS
Only 85 women are permanent commissioned officers in the Indian Army
No women are in the commanding major units of the Indian Army
In his Independence Day address from the Red Fort in 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that women officers recruited under the short service commission in the armed forces would have the option of taking up the permanent commission.
COAS lauds PAF officers’ thorough professionalism
Top Story February 18, 2021
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday urged the officers of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) to make consistent efforts to keep abreast with modern developments and maintain cutting edge advantage. The COAS visited PAF Air War College Institute (AWCI) in Karachi. Superiority in modern day battlefield can only be maintained if we remain alive to contemporary challenges and are prepared to tackle them in line with emerging modern concepts, COAS while addressing participants of the 34th Air War Course said.
General Bajwa emphasised the officers that they must remain vigilant to respond befittingly to any misadventure by the adversary.