Army short of 10,000 officers, Navy of about 1,800: Manohar Parrikar

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Lieutenant General Ashok Singh, Army Commander, Southern Command reviewing the Passing Out Parade held at Officers Training Academy in Chennai. (File Photo: TOI)
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NEW DELHI: Army is facing a shortfall of nearly 10,000 officers while the Navy is facing a shortage of about 1,800.

Also, 644 officers have taken premature retirement from the Army since 2012. In the Navy, the figure stood at 343 while in the Air Force, it was 441.

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Giving the details, defence minister Manohar Parrikar told the Lok Sabha in a written reply today that some of the major reasons for shortage in armed forces include increase in authorised strength due to new accretions in force level from time to time and availability of attractive alternate career avenues.

He also cited stringent selection criteria and difficult service conditions coupled with perceived high degree of risk.

Excluding the medical and dental branch, there are 9,642 vacant posts of officers in the Army, while the figure for the Navy is 1,779.

In another reply, Parrikar said there are 45,000 personnel under training for the Army, 10,523 for Navy and 11,979 for the Air Force.

The government has spent a total of Rs 2,409.3 crore on training since 2012.

He also said that the available strength of pilots in IAF is sufficient to meet operational requirements.

Army short of 10,000 officers, Navy of about 1,800: Manohar Parrikar - The Times of India

 

[Pulsar]

Nothing new. This shortage has been there since the past many decades.

 

[Hindustani78]

Ministry of Defence24-July, 2015 16:24 IST
Vacant Posts in Defence Forces
Details of vacant posts of officers and soldiers in the Armed Forces (excluding Medical and Dental Branch), rank wise are as under:


Army
Officers - 9642 (As on 1.1.2015)
Other Ranks - 23909* (As on 1.4.2015)

Navy - (As on 1.7.2015)
Officers - 1779
Sailors - 11653**

Air Force
Officers - Nil
Airmen - 6664****


*against this vacancy in the Army 68,331 recruits are under training.
**against this vacancy in the Navy 2247 recruits are under training.
***against this vacancy in the Air Force 6152 recruits are under training.



Some of the major reasons for shortage in Armed Forces include increase in authorized strength due to new accretions in force level from time to time, availability of attractive alternative career avenues, stringent selection criteria, and difficult service conditions coupled with perceived high degree of risk.


Government has taken a number of measures to encourage the youth to join the Armed Forces, including sustained image projection, participation in career fairs and exhibitions, media campaign etc. Further, Government has taken various steps to make armed forces jobs attractive. These include implementation of recommendations of the VI Central Pay Commission with improved pay structure, additional family accommodation through Married Accommodation Project (MAP) and improvement in promotion prospects in the Armed Forces.

Number of officers who have taken premature retirement from the Defence Forces during each of the last three years and the current year are as under:


Year - Army - Navy - Air Force
2012 - 275 - 132 - 157
2013 - 221 - 96 - 131
2014 - 120 - 91 - 108
2015 - 28 -24 - 45
(As on 15.7.2015)
(As on 16.7.2015)
(As on 16.7.2015)

The Indian Defence Forces are suitably equipped, trained and organized to face the operational challenges and carry out their mandated task. Operational preparedness of the Armed Forces is reviewed from time to time based on the threat perception. Further, development of the combat capabilities of the Armed Forces to tackle the entire spectrum of security challenges is an ongoing process.


This information was given by Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar in a written reply to Shri MD. Badaruddoza Khan and others in Lok Sabha today.

 

[NIA]

**** A T T E N T I O N ***

All Indian Key board warriors on PDF please report to closest Indian Armed Forces recruiting stations. No more PDF just rigorous training !!

The Muslims are only 3% in the Indian Army inspite of their population in India being 14.4% !!

Sir why muslims would join IA while they have reservations and scholarships???
@PK @Hindustani78 @Pulsar I am right??

 

[Imran Khan]

take from PDF we have so many super duper officers here whom think they have more brain then armed forces

 

[SwAggeR]

Stringent standards for recruitment set by Armed forces are biggest hurdle. But still for a country of Billion + and counting vigorously it's nothing sort of embarrassment. In this materialistic world pay scale is a major criteria which attract or repel youths. I will say men behind the machine still counts for much even in this increasingly automated defense set up. To lure away more meritorious youths GOI should increase the perks and at same time hurry up on ORAP.

 

[NIA]

Reservations are only for Hindu low caste !! Even the Christian and Muslims belonging to Dalit background are excluded !

In kendriya vidyalaya ( central govt schools) provide free books, uniform ( I mean you have to buy books and submit that bill to respective class teachers and collect money from principle) irrespetive to religion or caste.There may be some cases where it was taken by religious minded poeple ( i bet mostly private institution)....the fact is muslims in south prefer jobs rather than joining any armed forces.. sorry I don't know about north india

 

[SwAggeR]

Already quality of an indian army officer is really poor , to make up for these shortages they will further lower the standards

Elaborate a bit on that. Is it in comparisons with their other counterparts around the world or it's your personal acumen.

 

[ghauri05]

o bhai itne budget r itni bari fauj k baad b tmara rona khtm ni ho skta

 

[Ajaysingh]

Tum pehle inko sambhalo

Jada aage toh sabse Jada tumare hi Pakistan ki lagegi

 

[NIA]

Tum pehle inko sambhalo

Jada aage toh sabse Jada tumare hi Pakistan ki lagegi

And they say we don't have enough ammo to fight a war more than 20 days ...while on visakhapatnam highway there I face traffic halt @ 10-15 mins due to naval convoys carrying missiles on canister trucks ( but covered with tarpaulin cloth) may be torpedos...Do u think any nation would reveal her secret...that too while Ajit dhoval as NSA...

 

[Devil Soul]

**** A T T E N T I O N ***

All Indian Key board warriors on PDF please report to closest Indian Armed Forces recruiting stations. No more PDF just rigorous training !!

The Muslims are only 3% in the Indian Army inspite of their population in India being 14.4% !!

 

[Devil Soul]

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Sahi Baat hai

 

[Hindustani78]

Sir why muslims would join IA while they have reservations and scholarships???
@PK @Hindustani78 @Pulsar I am right??

Indian Muslims are part of Indian nation and will always stand with Indian Army whenever the nation needs them.

 

[itachiii]

Reservations are only for Hindu low caste !! Even the Christian and Muslims belonging to Dalit background are excluded !

wrong there are large number of muslims and christians that enjoy reservations under BC category..