Women in the Indian Army are also creating new records by standing shoulder to shoulder with men on every front. After permanent commission, women officers became a part of Artillery, one of the most important branches of the Indian Army. Let us know about this on Indian Army Day
Now women are not behind men in any field, be it the battlefield or any other field. Today, women in the Indian Army are also creating new records by standing shoulder to shoulder with men on every front. He also flies fighter aircraft in the Indian Air Force. On Indian Army Day, let us know where women are deployed in the army and what steps have been taken for them?
The foundation of the Indian Army was laid on 1 April 1895 by the British East India Company, which had enslaved India. It was then known as the Presidency Army, which was renamed the British Indian Army. When the country became independent after a long struggle, it became the Indian Army. However, by 15 January 1949, British General Francis Butcher was the army commander. In independent India, on 15 January 1949, the Indian Army got its first Indian chief, General KM Cariappa. That is why Indian Army Day is celebrated every year on 15 January.
There is no difference in the deployment of male and female soldiers.
At present there is no discrimination on the basis of gender in recruitment in the Indian Armed Forces. There is no discrimination in the deployment of male and female soldiers for arms and services. Every posting is done according to the needs of the army. For the Indian Army, a gender neutral career progression policy was introduced on 23 November 2021 to grant permanent commission to women officers. Through this, women have been provided equal opportunities in arms/service.
The Indian Army now implements policies designed to encourage women to join the armed forces. For this, a permanent commission for women has been approved. Women officers now get permanent commission in 11 arms and services including the Army Service Corps, Army Ordnance Corps, Army Education Corps, Judge Advocate General Branch, Engineer Corps, Signal Corps, Army Medical Corps, Army Dental Corps and Military Nursing Services. , Electronics and Mechanical Corps, Intelligence Corps, Army Air Defence, Army Aviation, Remount and Veterinary Corps etc.
important branches
After permanent commission, women officers became a part of Artillery, one of the most important branches of the Indian Army. The army artillery has about 300 regiments and about 5,000 officers. In the year 2023, permission has also been given to deploy women officers in artillery on guns like Bofors, Howitzer, K-9 Vajra.
NDA’s doors are open for women cadets.
The armed forces have now also opened the doors of the National Defense Academy for women. Every six months the academy recruits 19 female cadets, of which 10 are for the Indian Army. The training of the first batch of women cadets in NDA began in July 2022 and the training of the second batch began in January 2023. In 2021, the Indian Army also started recruiting women officers as pilots in the Army Aviation Corps. The government approved the recruitment of women officers in the Remount and Veterinary Corps on March 1, 2023.
Get all the same facilities as the male counterpart
Women officers have been appointed at the rank of Colonel (Select Grade) in the Army. Women are recruited under other ranks in the Military Police Corps of the Indian Army. It was approved in 2019. For this, women are also recruited under the Agneepath scheme. Women officers posted in the Army not only get all the same facilities as their male counterparts, but they are also given facilities like maternity leave and child care leave.
So many women officers in the Indian Army!
On March 17, 2023, Minister of State for Defense TR Baalu said in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha that a total of 7093 women are deployed in the Indian Army. Of these, 100 are posted in other rank categories. 6,993 women are deployed as officers in the Army Medical Corps, Army Dental Corps and Military Nursing Service. Apart from the Indian Army, the doors have opened for the deployment of women in the Navy and Air Force also.
This is how the deployment of women in the army began
In the year 1992, for the first time, it was decided to induct women as Short-Service Commission (SSC) officers in the three services. Then in the year 2015, the Indian Air Force decided to include women in combat units. The most important decision was given by the Supreme Court in the year 2020. The Supreme Court had directed the Central Government to grant permanent commission to women officers in non-combat support units of the Army at par with their male counterparts. Till now, recruitment of women officers in the army was done only under Short Service Commission. In the year 2021, the Navy made a new beginning by deploying four women officers on warships.
