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Army recruitment process to go online | idrw.org
The Indian Army is all set for computerisation of the recruitment process and a common entrance test will be conducted online in the future. Brigadier Pankaj Sinha, the deputy director-General, Recruiting (states), revealed this during a press conference after inspecting the ongoing Army recruitment rally at the AC Subba Reddy Sports Stadium here on Monday.
The Brigadier, who is in-charge of the zone comprising Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry and the Andaman and Nicobar islands, said that they had already written to state governments to introduce computer education from the school level to enable candidates take the online written test. He said that candidates with knowledge of computers will have an advantage over others and added that the written test will be conducted as usual for those not acquainted with computers.
“The Indian Army is the largest employment provider in the country apart from the Indian Railways. Vacancies are decided on the basis of recruitable male population factor derived from the census. Andhra’s share in recruitment was 7.2 per cent at the national level and vacancies allotted for AP are filled without any hassles,” the Brigadier informed. He had a word of praise for the administration in AP and Tamil Nadu for providing pre-recruitment training to aspiring candidates. He advised interested youth to avoid middlemen promising jobs in the Army for a price.
He told job seekers to report to police or army officers if anyone offered jobs for money in the Army.
Reminding that employment in Army is based on fulfilling norms related to qualification, physical measurements and medical fitness, he said that there was no fee for the tests. He warned that they would initiate criminal action in case candidates submit fake certificates, pointing to their foolproof verification system.
The Army recruitment director for the region, Ashwani Gulati, said that 3,933 candidates had turned up during the last three days for the Army recruitment rally being held in Nellore from Guntur, Prakasam, Chittoor, Kadapa, Kurnool and Anantapur districts. Mr Gulati and Brigadier Sinha lauded the district administration for making elaborate arrangements for the rally. The CEO of Setnel, Dr V. Koteswar Rao, and the district sports development officer, Mr G. Venkateswar Rao, were present.
The Indian Army is all set for computerisation of the recruitment process and a common entrance test will be conducted online in the future. Brigadier Pankaj Sinha, the deputy director-General, Recruiting (states), revealed this during a press conference after inspecting the ongoing Army recruitment rally at the AC Subba Reddy Sports Stadium here on Monday.
The Brigadier, who is in-charge of the zone comprising Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry and the Andaman and Nicobar islands, said that they had already written to state governments to introduce computer education from the school level to enable candidates take the online written test. He said that candidates with knowledge of computers will have an advantage over others and added that the written test will be conducted as usual for those not acquainted with computers.
“The Indian Army is the largest employment provider in the country apart from the Indian Railways. Vacancies are decided on the basis of recruitable male population factor derived from the census. Andhra’s share in recruitment was 7.2 per cent at the national level and vacancies allotted for AP are filled without any hassles,” the Brigadier informed. He had a word of praise for the administration in AP and Tamil Nadu for providing pre-recruitment training to aspiring candidates. He advised interested youth to avoid middlemen promising jobs in the Army for a price.
He told job seekers to report to police or army officers if anyone offered jobs for money in the Army.
Reminding that employment in Army is based on fulfilling norms related to qualification, physical measurements and medical fitness, he said that there was no fee for the tests. He warned that they would initiate criminal action in case candidates submit fake certificates, pointing to their foolproof verification system.
The Army recruitment director for the region, Ashwani Gulati, said that 3,933 candidates had turned up during the last three days for the Army recruitment rally being held in Nellore from Guntur, Prakasam, Chittoor, Kadapa, Kurnool and Anantapur districts. Mr Gulati and Brigadier Sinha lauded the district administration for making elaborate arrangements for the rally. The CEO of Setnel, Dr V. Koteswar Rao, and the district sports development officer, Mr G. Venkateswar Rao, were present.
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Indian army chief arrives June 19
Indian army chief arrives June 19
Star Online Report
Chief of Army Staff of India General VK Singh is flying in in Dhaka on June 19 on a five-day official visit to Bangladesh.
Coming at the invitation of Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh Army, General Singh will hold meeting with top government leaders, senior armed forces officers and attend passing out parade of two batches at Bangladesh Military Academy in Chittagong, an official announcement of the Indian High Commission in Dhaka said Wednesday.
A five-member delegation will accompany General Singh. Besides, his wife Ms Bharti Singh, who is President of Army Wives Welfare Association (AWWA) of Indian Army, will accompany him.
During his visit, General VK Singh will call on President Zillur Rahman, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and will also be meeting senior officers of the Bangladesh Armed Forces.
The General will visit Chittagong and review the Passing Out Parade of 64th BMA Long Course and 35th BMA Special Course, at the Bangladesh Military Academy, Bhatiary, on June 22.
General VK Singh is a 1971 War Veteran, and fought for the liberation of Bangladesh in Feni, Chittagong, Cox's Bazar Area as a 2nd Lieutenant, said the Indian High Commission press release.
Indian army chief arrives June 19
Star Online Report
Chief of Army Staff of India General VK Singh is flying in in Dhaka on June 19 on a five-day official visit to Bangladesh.
Coming at the invitation of Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh Army, General Singh will hold meeting with top government leaders, senior armed forces officers and attend passing out parade of two batches at Bangladesh Military Academy in Chittagong, an official announcement of the Indian High Commission in Dhaka said Wednesday.
A five-member delegation will accompany General Singh. Besides, his wife Ms Bharti Singh, who is President of Army Wives Welfare Association (AWWA) of Indian Army, will accompany him.
During his visit, General VK Singh will call on President Zillur Rahman, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and will also be meeting senior officers of the Bangladesh Armed Forces.
The General will visit Chittagong and review the Passing Out Parade of 64th BMA Long Course and 35th BMA Special Course, at the Bangladesh Military Academy, Bhatiary, on June 22.
General VK Singh is a 1971 War Veteran, and fought for the liberation of Bangladesh in Feni, Chittagong, Cox's Bazar Area as a 2nd Lieutenant, said the Indian High Commission press release.
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Thanks man, great find, more please! And stick them in the Indian military picture thread.
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Indian Army raising new special forces battalion
India Army Special Forces
Posted On: Jun 26, 2011
NEW DELHI (PTI): Strengthening its capabilities to carry out special operations, the Indian Army is raising a new special forces battalion which will be deployed in the north-eastern sector.
A new battalion of the Parachute Regiment -- 11 Para (SF)--is being raised and will be first deployed in the north eastern sector, Army sources told PTI here.
This will be eighth special forces battalion of the Parachute Regiment and will be deployed in counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations in that region, they said.
The Parachute Regiment has ten battalions under it and seven of them have been trained as special forces, which are supposed to carry out counter-terrorist operations during peacetime and sabotage enemy installations beyond enemy lines during wars.
The special forces battalions include the 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10 and 21 para units, which are deployed in different sectors of the country and have also been given responsibility to handle any 26/11 type attacks if that occurs near their area of deployment.
The Army wants to increase the number of special forces troops to more than 10 battalions with around 700 men in each.
These battalions have been provided with modern equipment such as Tavor 21 assault rifles.
India Army Special Forces
Posted On: Jun 26, 2011
NEW DELHI (PTI): Strengthening its capabilities to carry out special operations, the Indian Army is raising a new special forces battalion which will be deployed in the north-eastern sector.
A new battalion of the Parachute Regiment -- 11 Para (SF)--is being raised and will be first deployed in the north eastern sector, Army sources told PTI here.
This will be eighth special forces battalion of the Parachute Regiment and will be deployed in counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations in that region, they said.
The Parachute Regiment has ten battalions under it and seven of them have been trained as special forces, which are supposed to carry out counter-terrorist operations during peacetime and sabotage enemy installations beyond enemy lines during wars.
The special forces battalions include the 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10 and 21 para units, which are deployed in different sectors of the country and have also been given responsibility to handle any 26/11 type attacks if that occurs near their area of deployment.
The Army wants to increase the number of special forces troops to more than 10 battalions with around 700 men in each.
These battalions have been provided with modern equipment such as Tavor 21 assault rifles.
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Army jawans to get as much meat as officers | idrw.org
A major dietary imbalance in the military has now been corrected, with Napolean Bonaparte’s maxim that “an Army marches on its stomach” probably being kept in mind. In terms of quantity, jawans will be able to eat non-vegetarian dishes as well as their officers in the Indian Army now.
The defence ministry has approved the increase in the “scale” of mutton or chicken from 110 gms per man per day to 180 gms for all non-vegetarian jawans. “Keeping the physical nature of work and to ensure troops get wholesome non-vegetarian dishes, the case for this was taken up by Army chief General V K Singh with the defence minister A K Antony in February. It has now been approved,” said an official.
This comes after a similar increase in the scale of fruits and eggs for JCOs (junior commissioned officers) and other ranks was approved to bring it on par with the officers, who number just about 35,000 in the 1.13-million strong Army. “JCOs and jawans, for instance, now get two eggs every day just like officers,” he said.
“Then, there has also been authorization of special rations to troops deployed in posts above 12,000 feet, which includes areas like Kargil and Siachen-Saltoro Ridge, authorization of branded wheat atta, whole meal instead of grinded wheat, and procurement of branded salt and ready-to-eat vegetarian and non-vegetarian retort pouches,” he said.
All these steps come in the backdrop of last year’s CAG report, which blasted the Army’s entire “supply chain management of rations”, hinting at widespread corruption and existence of cartels, which led to jawans often being provided sub-standard foodstuff and rations well past their consume-by dates.
The Army, of course, has also been hit by a series of meat, egg, atta, dal and other ration scams in recent years, with even Lt-General rank officers being indicted in the scandals.
The CAG report, on its part, painted a dismal picture of the way procurement and supply of dry (rice, wheat, dal, sugar, tea, oil, tinned stuff) and fresh (vegetables, fruit, meat, milk) rations was being undertaken at an annual cost of Rs 1,440 crore.
Noting satisfaction levels of troops about quantity, quality and taste of rations was “very low”, CAG called for a complete overhaul of the existing system, ranging from computerisation and better procurement procedures to expansion in the vendor base and blacklisting of defaulting parties. As per CAG, the main villains of the piece were Army Service Corps (ASC) and Army Purchase Organisation, all under the benign gaze of Army HQ as well as defence ministry.
As per CAG, around three lakh soldiers under the Northern Command in J&K, for instance, were issued rations by Army supply depots even after the expiry of their original estimated storage life (ESL) based on “repeated extensions” given by the Central Food Laboratory at Jammu.
“While instructions prohibit any extensions beyond three months of the ESL, atta, sugar, rice, tea, dal, edible oil etc were consumed (by soldiers) even six months to 28 months after the expiry of the original ESL,” said CAG, adding that MoD and Army HQ need to get their act together “to ensure supply of good quality rations to troops”.
A major dietary imbalance in the military has now been corrected, with Napolean Bonaparte’s maxim that “an Army marches on its stomach” probably being kept in mind. In terms of quantity, jawans will be able to eat non-vegetarian dishes as well as their officers in the Indian Army now.
The defence ministry has approved the increase in the “scale” of mutton or chicken from 110 gms per man per day to 180 gms for all non-vegetarian jawans. “Keeping the physical nature of work and to ensure troops get wholesome non-vegetarian dishes, the case for this was taken up by Army chief General V K Singh with the defence minister A K Antony in February. It has now been approved,” said an official.
This comes after a similar increase in the scale of fruits and eggs for JCOs (junior commissioned officers) and other ranks was approved to bring it on par with the officers, who number just about 35,000 in the 1.13-million strong Army. “JCOs and jawans, for instance, now get two eggs every day just like officers,” he said.
“Then, there has also been authorization of special rations to troops deployed in posts above 12,000 feet, which includes areas like Kargil and Siachen-Saltoro Ridge, authorization of branded wheat atta, whole meal instead of grinded wheat, and procurement of branded salt and ready-to-eat vegetarian and non-vegetarian retort pouches,” he said.
All these steps come in the backdrop of last year’s CAG report, which blasted the Army’s entire “supply chain management of rations”, hinting at widespread corruption and existence of cartels, which led to jawans often being provided sub-standard foodstuff and rations well past their consume-by dates.
The Army, of course, has also been hit by a series of meat, egg, atta, dal and other ration scams in recent years, with even Lt-General rank officers being indicted in the scandals.
The CAG report, on its part, painted a dismal picture of the way procurement and supply of dry (rice, wheat, dal, sugar, tea, oil, tinned stuff) and fresh (vegetables, fruit, meat, milk) rations was being undertaken at an annual cost of Rs 1,440 crore.
Noting satisfaction levels of troops about quantity, quality and taste of rations was “very low”, CAG called for a complete overhaul of the existing system, ranging from computerisation and better procurement procedures to expansion in the vendor base and blacklisting of defaulting parties. As per CAG, the main villains of the piece were Army Service Corps (ASC) and Army Purchase Organisation, all under the benign gaze of Army HQ as well as defence ministry.
As per CAG, around three lakh soldiers under the Northern Command in J&K, for instance, were issued rations by Army supply depots even after the expiry of their original estimated storage life (ESL) based on “repeated extensions” given by the Central Food Laboratory at Jammu.
“While instructions prohibit any extensions beyond three months of the ESL, atta, sugar, rice, tea, dal, edible oil etc were consumed (by soldiers) even six months to 28 months after the expiry of the original ESL,” said CAG, adding that MoD and Army HQ need to get their act together “to ensure supply of good quality rations to troops”.
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Can someone answer me this Q- are all IA troops deployed in J&K RR?
Or are there other, regular troops deployed aswell?
If so what does RR do that these regulars deployed can't do?
And AFAIK RR aren't SF or commandos are they, 50% force is drawn from regular IA infantry units and other rest of IA. Are inductees on 2-3 reputation to RR given specialised training in CI ops, And is RR only deployed in J&K?
Do SFs get deputed to RR or is it just for regulars?
And if not for those SFs that are deployed in J&K- how do they operate? In joint spec op groups (ie NSG, MARCOS, IAF GUARAD, IA SF) conducting their own raids on their own intel? Or are they used to back up regular infantry/police in emergencies?
Or are there other, regular troops deployed aswell?
If so what does RR do that these regulars deployed can't do?
And AFAIK RR aren't SF or commandos are they, 50% force is drawn from regular IA infantry units and other rest of IA. Are inductees on 2-3 reputation to RR given specialised training in CI ops, And is RR only deployed in J&K?
Do SFs get deputed to RR or is it just for regulars?
And if not for those SFs that are deployed in J&K- how do they operate? In joint spec op groups (ie NSG, MARCOS, IAF GUARAD, IA SF) conducting their own raids on their own intel? Or are they used to back up regular infantry/police in emergencies?
No, Rashtriya Rifles(RR) is one of the many forces deployed in J&K. BSF manages the IB with Pak, IA Infantry units along with RR protect the LOC. In some places like Srinagar CRPF is the lead.
RR is a COIN force unlike the Indian Army, they are a paramilitary force.
SF does not get deputed to RR, but they usually work together.
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Thanks, so when regulars return to their parent units after 2-3 years of reputation to RR they bring with them huge operational experience and enhanced battle tactics- very valuable indeed.
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All of this is right except SF gets deputed in RR. One thing i should add that while RR is a paramilitary force but it is formed from indian army personnels. One half of the RR come from the Indian Army's infantry, and one half from the rest of the Indian Army.
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i think it deserves to be in the thread
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