Women Personnel of the Armed Forces The number of women officers (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 March 2016, approval … Read more
Increase the percentage of women personnel in CAPF upto 33 percent Reserving 33 Percent Posts for Women in CPMFs There is no proposal to increase the percentage of women personnel in CAPF upto 33 percent. However, in compliance of recommendations given by Parliamentary Committee on Empowerment of Women in its sixth report, directions have been … Read more
Women Personnel in Defence Services Women personnel in the Armed Forces are not being deployed for combat operations and on naval warships. Induction of women in combat duties has not been recommended by the studies carried out by the Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff (HQIDS) in 2006 and High Level Tri-Services Committee in 2011. In the … Read more