Women Personnel of the Armed Forces
The number of women officer's (excluding medical and dental
branch) in all the three wings of defence forces is as
under:
The details of women officers (excluding medical and dental branch) recruited during the last four years and the current year, Service-wise, are as under:-
In
2011, the Government approved consideration of women
Short Service
Commission Officers (SSCOs) for grant of permanent commission
along with
men SSCOs in specific branches in the three services viz.
Judge
Advocate General (JAG), and Army Education Corps (AEC) of the
Army and
their corresponding branches in Navy and Air Force, Naval
Constructor in
Navy and Accounts Branch in Air Force.
In March 2016, approval has been accorded for induction of women Short Service Commission (SSC) officers as Pilots in Maritime Reconnaissance (MR) stream and in the Naval Armament Inspectorate (NAI) cadre. The inductions are planned commencing from mid-2017.
The IAF has revised Short Service Commission (SSC) scheme to induct women into the fighter stream on an experimental basis for a period of five years. The first batch of three women officers were commissioned into the fighter stream on June 18, 2016.
This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shri Tiruchi Siva in Rajya Sabha today.
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Army
(as on 1.1.2017) |
Navy
(as on 16.3.2017) |
Air Force
(as on 1.3.2017) |
1528
|
469
|
1581
|
The details of women officers (excluding medical and dental branch) recruited during the last four years and the current year, Service-wise, are as under:-
Year
|
Army
|
Navy
|
Air Force
|
2013
|
127
|
50
|
144
|
2014
|
104
|
57
|
155
|
2015
|
72
|
35
|
223
|
2016
|
69
|
43
|
108
|
2017
(till March) |
35
|
01
|
14
|
In March 2016, approval has been accorded for induction of women Short Service Commission (SSC) officers as Pilots in Maritime Reconnaissance (MR) stream and in the Naval Armament Inspectorate (NAI) cadre. The inductions are planned commencing from mid-2017.
The IAF has revised Short Service Commission (SSC) scheme to induct women into the fighter stream on an experimental basis for a period of five years. The first batch of three women officers were commissioned into the fighter stream on June 18, 2016.
This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shri Tiruchi Siva in Rajya Sabha today.
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