Women officers can get permanent commission in Indian Army

The Ministry of Defence has issued the formal government sanction letter for grant of Permanent Commission (PC) to Women Officers in the Indian Army, paving the way for empowering Women Officers to shoulder larger roles in the organisation.

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Key-Points

The order specifies grant of permanent commission to Short Service Commissioned (SSC) Women Officers in all ten streams of the Indian Army.

Their Selection Board will be scheduled as soon as all affected SSC women officers exercise their option and complete requisite documentation.

Indian Army has sanctioned 50,266 posts for officers, while the posts currently occupied are 40,825 including 1,653 by women officers. There is shortage of 9,441 officers in the Indian Army.

There are total of 1,653 women officers which is a miniscule 4 % of the total strength of commissioned officers in the Army.

The total of 1,653 officers includes 77 having above 20 years of service, 255 having service tenure between 14 and 20 years and the fate of 322 women officers was to be decided by the verdict of the apex court.